# A non-admin user with 'admin' permission to an organization cannot modify it

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-non-admin-user-with-admin-permission-to-an-organization-cannot-modify-it/41850>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** ubuntu, awx\
**Created:** [April 21, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-non-admin-user-with-admin-permission-to-an-organization-cannot-modify-it/41850 "2025-04-21T12:28:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 21, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/a-non-admin-user-with-admin-permission-to-an-organization-cannot-modify-it/41850/1 "2025-04-21T12:28:44Z")

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### Bug Summary

- when an organization is created using `awx.awx.organization` and the non-admin user is given admin permissions to it using `awx.awx.role`, that user **cannot** modify it from the GUI.
- when an organization is created using the GUI by the admin and the non-admin user is given admin permissions to it using the same UI by the same admin, the user **can** modify it from the GUI.

### AWX version

24.6.2.dev0+g94e5795dfc.d20241202

### Select the relevant components

- UI
- UI (tech preview)
- API
- Docs
- Collection
- CLI
- Other

### Installation method

docker development environment

### Modifications

no

### Ansible version

2.18.4

### Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04 noble

### Web browser

Chrome

### Steps to reproduce

```auto
- name: Creating the customer's 'my Organization'
  awx.awx.organization:
        controller_host: "{{ ansible_host_fqdn }}"
        controller_oauthtoken: "{{ awx_token }}"
        default_environment: "{{ default_environment }}"
        description: 'My Organization'
        galaxy_credentials: "{{ galaxy_credentials }}"
        name: "my Organization"
        state: 'present'
        validate_certs: true

- name: Giving the customer admin permissions to 'my Organization'
  awx.awx.role:
        controller_host: "{{ ansible_host_fqdn }}"
        controller_oauthtoken: "{{ awx_token }}"
        organizations:
                - "my Organization"
        role: 'admin'
        state: 'present'
        users: 
                - "username"
        validate_certs: true

```

### Expected results

The user ‘username’ should be able to edit the organization “my Organization”.

### Actual results

The error message `You do not have permission to perform this action.` appears when the user tries to change the organization name.