website/docs: add procedurals to flow inspector docs (#9556)

* clarify access process

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* link to permissions and explain query parm

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Co-authored-by: Tana M Berry <tana@goauthentik.com>
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Permissions are the central components in all access control systems, the lowest-level components, the controlling pieces of access data. Permissions are assigned to (or removed from!) to define exactly WHO can do WHAT to WHICH part of the overall software system.
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Note that global and object permissions only apply to objects within authentik, and not to who can access certain applications (which are access-controlled using [policies](../../policies/index.md).
Note that global and object permissions only apply to objects within authentik, and not to who can access certain applications (which are access-controlled using [policies](../../policies/index.md)).
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For instructions to add, remove, and manage permissions, refer to [Manage Permissions](../access-control/manage_permissions.md).
## Fundamentals of authentik permissions
There are two main types of permissions in authentik: