[Pollo]

Erwin, I would guess that this would work with 2.2.9 (and 2.3.0).

Also, just quickly looking through the admin cp, how would this affect:

Forums & Moderators (add/modify/permissions)
Threads & Posts (all options)
Users (all options), and User Titles, Profile Fields, & Groups (all options)
<skip a few admin options>
Styles
Templates, etc.

I haven't given admin access to mods (yet), but feel that the default /mod panel is severely limited (a mod can't even edit a user's signature), so need to give some more control, but obviously am hesitant to give 'too much' control (and wisely so I think), even though (as we all do) I feel all current moderators can be trusted.

If I read your post above correctly, admins would be able to do everything, and this would *only* limit the first link in the admin cp (options), and restrict admins to what the hack allows. While this si good, it seems a rouge admin could do nearly as much damage to a forum by merely killing the templates, etc.

Just need to be sure this si what I want (overall, even besides your hack).