How to keep moderators out of Private Social Groups?

[howarde]

Is there any way to prevent moderators from viewing private (invite only) social groups? I tried changing the setting for the usergroup "Moderator" but that didn't seem to do it?

Thanks :)

[Lynne]

Tried changing what setting on what page?
- Can Always Post Messages If enabled, the user will also be able to view private and invite only groups.
- Can Always Create Discussions If enabled, the user will also be able to view private and invite only groups.

Look at those in Usergroup and in Show All Moderators > Permissions.

[howarde]

Yes. I tried that. It didn't seem to have any effect on it.

[Lynne]

Are you talking about Invite Only groups? I am able to keep Moderators out, but not Super Moderators. I'm not sure how you would go about that.

[howarde]

We don't use Super Moderator funtion.

I went to Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager

Then clicked on the usergroup "Moderators" and went down to "Social Groups Permissions"

Can Always Post Messages = NO
Can Always Create Discussions = NO

And posts in Invite only groups are still visible.

[Paul M]

When you edit the group itself, have you ticked the "Users must join to view the content" option ?

[howarde]

Yes.

Group Type:
Invite Only

Group Options (x = checked box 0=unchecked)
X Enable Messages
0 Messages must be approved by the owner
X Users must join to view the content

[Lynne]

What version vb are you using? I'm testing this on my 3.8 board and my moderator test user cannot see the Invite Only groups that he is not a member of. The test user gets a No Permission screen when trying to view that group.


Try disabling your modifications/plugins and see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[howarde]

Using 3.8.2

If I disable the plugins, it will turn off my vbseo - no? That's probably bad. Our forum is pretty active. Maybe I'll try it early in the morning tomorrow.

Thanks. :)

[ChopSuey]

Yes it will turn it off, and it will maybe go back to the default urls..

[grc]

Here's the solution:
Forums and Moderators>Show all Moderators
Click on "Edit" beside each moderator - uncheck all the Social Group permissions