Enumeration: What are the different SharePoint permission levels and their enumeration values?
You can learn more about this here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spbasepermissions.aspx but basically below is the information you’re looking for obtained from the source code:
namespace Microsoft.SharePoint
{
// Summary:
// Specifies the built-in permissions available in Windows SharePoint Services.
[Flags]
public enum SPBasePermissions
{
// Summary:
// Has no permissions on the Web site. Not available through the user interface.
EmptyMask = 0,
//
// Summary:
// View items in lists, documents in document libraries, and view Web discussion
// comments.
ViewListItems = 1,
//
// Summary:
// Add items to lists, add documents to document libraries, and add Web discussion
// comments.
AddListItems = 2,
//
// Summary:
// Edit items in lists, edit documents in document libraries, edit Web discussion
// comments in documents, and customize Web Part Pages in document libraries.
EditListItems = 4,
//
// Summary:
// Delete items from a list, documents from a document library, and Web discussion
// comments in documents.
DeleteListItems = 8,
//
// Summary:
// Approve a minor version of a list item or document.
ApproveItems = 16,
//
// Summary:
// View the source of documents with server-side file handlers.
OpenItems = 32,
//
// Summary:
// View past versions of a list item or document.
ViewVersions = 64,
//
// Summary:
// Delete past versions of a list item or document.
DeleteVersions = 128,
//
// Summary:
// Discard or check in a document which is checked out to another user.
CancelCheckout = 256,
//
// Summary:
// Create, change, and delete personal views of lists.
ManagePersonalViews = 512,
//
// Summary:
// Create and delete lists, add or remove columns in a list, and add or remove
// public views of a list.
ManageLists = 2048,
//
// Summary:
// View forms, views, and application pages, and enumerate lists.
ViewFormPages = 4096,
//
// Summary:
// Allow users to open a Web site, list, or folder to access items inside that
// container.
Open = 65536,
//
// Summary:
// View pages in a Web site.
ViewPages = 131072,
//
// Summary:
// Add, change, or delete HTML pages or Web Part Pages, and edit the Web site
// using a Windows SharePoint Services–compatible editor.
AddAndCustomizePages = 262144,
//
// Summary:
// Apply a theme or borders to the entire Web site.
ApplyThemeAndBorder = 524288,
//
// Summary:
// Apply a style sheet (.css file) to the Web site.
ApplyStyleSheets = 1048576,
//
// Summary:
// View reports on Web site usage.
ViewUsageData = 2097152,
//
// Summary:
// Create a Web site using Self-Service Site Creation.
CreateSSCSite = 4194304,
//
// Summary:
// Create subsites such as team sites, Meeting Workspace sites, and Document
// Workspace sites.
ManageSubwebs = 8388608,
//
// Summary:
// Create a group of users that can be used anywhere within the site collection.
CreateGroups = 16777216,
//
// Summary:
// Create and change permission levels on the Web site and assign permissions
// to users and groups.
ManagePermissions = 33554432,
//
// Summary:
// Enumerate files and folders in a Web site using Microsoft Office SharePoint
// Designer 2007 and WebDAV interfaces.
BrowseDirectories = 67108864,
//
// Summary:
// View information about users of the Web site.
BrowseUserInfo = 134217728,
//
// Summary:
// Add or remove personal Web Parts on a Web Part Page.
AddDelPrivateWebParts = 268435456,
//
// Summary:
// Update Web Parts to display personalized information.
UpdatePersonalWebParts = 536870912,
//
// Summary:
// Grant the ability to perform all administration tasks for the Web site as
// well as manage content. Activate, deactivate, or edit properties of Web site
// scoped Features through the object model or through the user interface (UI).
// When granted on the root Web site of a site collection, activate, deactivate,
// or edit properties of site collection scoped Features through the object
// model. To browse to the Site Collection Features page and activate or deactivate
// site collection scoped Features through the UI, you must be a site collection
// administrator.
ManageWeb = 1073741824,
//
// Summary:
// Use features that launch client applications; otherwise, users must work
// on documents locally and upload changes.
UseClientIntegration = 68719476736,
//
// Summary:
// Use SOAP, WebDAV, or Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 interfaces
// to access the Web site.
UseRemoteAPIs = 137438953472,
//
// Summary:
// Manage alerts for all users of the Web site.
ManageAlerts = 274877906944,
//
// Summary:
// Create e-mail alerts.
CreateAlerts = 549755813888,
//
// Summary:
// Allows a user to change his or her user information, such as adding a picture.
EditMyUserInfo = 1099511627776,
//
// Summary:
// Enumerate permissions on the Web site, list, folder, document, or list item.
EnumeratePermissions = 4611686018427387904,
//
// Summary:
// Has all permissions on the Web site. Not available through the user interface.
FullMask = 9223372036854775807,
}
}