[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by kh99

What Max says above is correct of course, but if I read the first post correctly what you want is a password that's only needed for creating a thread. If that's true, there's no way to do that with the existing options - you'd need a mod for that. I tried to do a little searching but I couldn't find an existing mod that allows that.

Oops I missed the part about needing password for starting a new thread.

Originally Posted by Apexi

Thats the thing. I want all registred user to have access to the sub-forum, but to post a new thread you need that password.

But, you actually do not need a password for limiting who can start threads in forums/subforums. Create a new usergroup for the people you want to be able to start threads in the particular subforum. Then go into "Forum Permissions" and click "edit" for that usergroup as it is shown under the subforum you want to limit.

Scroll down to "Post / Thread permissions" and see, "Can start threads yes no."

Permission your new usergroup to be able to start threads in the subforum, and move all the accounts you want to have the ability, into the new usergroup.

Then go back to Forum Permissions and set this to "no" for every other usergroup you want to deny ability for thread starting for the same subforum.

The nice thing about this is, no password needed therefore no password to get spread around. Passwords for access to forums are highly overrated.

On the above, if you already have a existing usergroup, like "Super Moderators" or "Administrators" for example, as the one(s) you want to be able to start threads in the subforum, of course you can skip the part about creating a new usergroup and it's simply a matter of setting "can start threads" to NO, for the others..