Thanks for the cleanup.

I truly don't understand it - as I mentioned above, echo $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid']; writes my correct usergroup (6), but yet I'm still getting blocked. It must be something else in my template, I'll comb it again.

Please explain what you mean by "getting blocked"

All users get the no permission message, including myself.

Then you need to post all the code, not just that little section.

I found where it was, I used a variable called $fin and set it before I did require_once("./global.php");
Afterwards, it was getting wiped out, which also would give a no permission error.

So I changed my $fin to $fin_no_likey_vb (well, something different is the point) and all is good now.

Thanks everyone for the help.

Cool. :)