An Organization Owner in GitHub holds the highest level of administrative privileges. This role grants complete control over the organization's settings, members, and data. Owners are responsible for managing financial aspects, including billing information and payment methods. They have the authority to configure all organization-level settings, such as default repository permissions and security policies. Furthermore, owners possess the inherent ability to create, manage, and delete any repository within the organization without needing approval from other members or teams, reflecting their ultimate administrative authority.

D. Access repositories only if explicitly granted by a team maintainer.

This is incorrect. Organization owners have implicit administrative access to all repositories within the organization and do not require permission from any other role.

1. GitHub Docs

"Roles in an organization." This document outlines the different roles within a GitHub organization. It explicitly states that owners have "full administrative access to the organization

" which encompasses managing settings

billing

and repositories. It confirms that owners can "Manage billing settings" and "Manage organization settings."

Reference Location: Under the "Owners" section in the permissions table.

2. GitHub Docs

"Permission levels for an organization." This page details the capabilities of each role. It specifies that owners have "Complete administrative access to the organization and all of its data and settings." This administrative access inherently includes the ability to create repositories and contradicts the idea that an owner's access would be restricted by a team maintainer.

Reference Location: Section "Owner role."

3. GitHub Docs

"Managing billing for your organization." This resource confirms that only organization owners and designated billing managers can view and manage billing settings

such as payment methods and subscriptions.

Reference Location: Section "About billing for organizations."