Dashboard and Folder permissions: Update docs to reflect reality (#52730)

* Folder permissions: Update docs to reflect reality
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## Dashboard permissions
When you want to extend a viewer's ability to edit and save dashboard changes or limit an editor's permission to modify a dashboard, you can assign permissions to dashboards and dashboard folders. For example, you might want a certain viewer to be able to to edit a dashboard. While that user can _see_ all dashboards, you can grant them access to _update_ only one of them.
When you want to extend a viewer's ability to edit and save dashboard changes or limit an editor's permission to modify a dashboard, you can assign permissions to dashboards and dashboard folders. For example, you might want a certain viewer to be able to edit a dashboard. While that user can _see_ all dashboards, you can grant them access to _update_ only one of them.
> Important: The dashboard permissions you specify override the organization permissions you assign to the user for the selected entity.
You can specify the following permissions to dashboards and folders.
- **Admin**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard or folder. Administrators can also change dashboard and folder permissions.
- **Edit**: Can create and edit dashboards. Editors _cannot_ change folder or dashboard permissions, or add, edit, or delete folders.
- **Admin**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard. Can edit or delete a folder. Administrators can also change dashboard and folder permissions.
- **Edit**: Can create, edit, or delete a dashboard. Can edit or delete a folder. Editors _cannot_ change folder or dashboard permissions.
- **View**: Can only view dashboards and folders.
> Important: When a user creates a dashboard or a folder, he is set as **Admin** of it.
For more information about assigning dashboard folder permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard folder permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-folder-permissions" >}}).
For more information about assigning dashboard permissions, refer to [Grant dashboard permissions]({{< relref "../user-management/manage-dashboard-permissions/#grant-dashboard-permissions" >}}).