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Hello all,

On my forum I make heavy use of usergroups and categories+forums+subforums that are only accessible to members of those usergroups.

As the number of usergroups and forums increases it's becoming harder and more tedious to configure all of them.

Now, this might just be due to my limited understanding of how the permissions system works but at the moment for every new set of category+forums+subforums I have to deny access to all the groups that are not supposed to be able to view this category.

The way I currently do it involves me dragging all those little grey bars with the individual inherited permissions for every group I wish not to have access.

Is there a way to just do the opposite and make the category and such, then choose the 5 groups that I want to be able to see + access this category and its forums?

This would save me a lot of time and confusion.

Change the groups default permissions first, in ACP >> Users & Groups >> Groups >> groupname

(2011-06-14, 09:18 PM)AJS Wrote: [ -> ]Change the groups default permissions first, in ACP >> Users & Groups >> Groups >> groupname

Hi AJS and thank you for the reply.

Would that be these options?:

Viewing Options
Can view board?
Can view threads?
Can ... etc

Because I tried unticking/denying those and then setting/allowing them in the forum specific permissions and for some reason the forum doesn't show up then.

So when the usergroup options are unchecked:
The forums become invisible as expected.

Then when the forum specific options (view, post, etc) for a usergroup are allowed:
The forums are still invisible, which is not what I expected, am I missing a step here?

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I've tried it all again and I keep getting the results I described in my previous posts.

Is there a more detailed guide around somewhere? I have tried searching this forum and google for answers before starting this thread but couldn't find one.

By the way, is it necessary to bump threads back to the first page to get more assistance or will other pages be checked aswell?

Thank you for your time.

*trying to bump it now since my problem remains and no one's going to see it on the 8th page*

All the info is in my previous posts, any help would be appreciated.

To further clarify the steps I have taken in order to try and achieve my goal.

I have attached these images

• User Group Permissions for TestGroup
  
• Category Permissions for TestGroup
  
• Forum Permissions for TestGroup
  

After all of this however, the entire category still remains invisible.

Edit: Here's an export from phpmyadmin aswell.

table mybb_forumpermissions
pid: 494
fid: 28 (Test Category)
gid: 13 (Test Group)
canview: 1
canviewthreads: 1
canonlyviewownthreads: 0
candlattachments: 1
canpostthreads: 1
canpostreplys: 1
canpostattachments: 0
canratethreads: 1
caneditposts: 1
candeleteposts: 1
candeletethreads: 1
caneditattachments: 1
canpostpolls: 1
canvotepolls: 1
cansearch: 1

ok. He is how i understand your question.

1) In group permissions, you dis-allow permissions such as viewing threads.
2) Now if you create a forum, and even if you drag and drop permissions like "View, Post Threads, etc". you still can't view threads and posts.

If this is correct, then there is a simple solution.
Instead of dragging and dropping permissions, just click "Set Custom Permissions" near the Group name. A popup will appear.
Set the required permissions in it, and press "Save Forum Permissions" in the bottom.
It should work now.

(2011-06-19, 06:55 AM)kavin Wrote: [ -> ]ok. He is how i understand your question.

1) In group permissions, you dis-allow permissions such as viewing threads.
2) Now if you create a forum, and even if you drag and drop permissions like "View, Post Threads, etc". you still can't view threads and posts.

If this is correct, then there is a simple solution.
Instead of dragging and dropping permissions, just click "Set Custom Permissions" near the Group name. A popup will appear.
Set the required permissions in it, and press "Save Forum Permissions" in the bottom.
It should work now.

Thank you for your reply.

I tried what you suggested now but it appears to have the exact same effect as dragging and dropping does.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the whole way the system works..

Basically: I want to have..

• a Forum category, with a few childforums inside it.
  
• the category (and contents) to be invisible to everyone by default (inherited).
  
• it all become visible for individual User Groups by only changing the Forum category permissions for that specific group.
  

The reply from AJS gave me the impression that this is in fact possible to do in the manner I have been trying, but for some reason I can't get it to work.

If this is indeed possible, and I'm doing it the correct way, are there perhaps other board settings that could be interfering?

Well. When i tried it on a test board, when i do drag and drop, the threads are still invisible for members. But when i press "Set custom permissions" and set permissions there, i got it working.
Don't know what's the exact problem is.

I have now gone and created a completely new forum, added one subforum to the default Category and set up the User Group and Forum Permissions and it STILL doesn't work.

I'm starting to doubt if this functionality is even actually built in, and if it is.. could it be broken / crippled somehow?

Is there any way I could reach someone from the team who actually knows the ins and outs of this permissions system to have a look at my situation? I know we are not supposed to PM them for help but what's the alternative?

Here are once again the images with settings from my previous post, just wondering if anyone can tell me whether these are supposed to work or not.

Group Permissions


Category Permissions


Forum Permissions


So in user group permissions I disallow viewing ANY boards / forums and then on the specific board I again allow the viewing of that specific board by that specific user group.

individual forum settings override the user group permissions..