Error message text too harsh?

[sparksromeo]

I have never changed the htaccess file. The only major addition was "PANJO" but I disabled it and I still have the problem.

[Max Taxable]

Check the global phrase "not_logged_no_permission" in Languages and Phrases. It should read:

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

[ozzy47]

Check your Unregistered Usergroup permissions and make sure that "This Usergroup is not a 'Banned' Group" is set to 'Yes' instead of 'No'.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Check your Unregistered Usergroup permissions and make sure that "This Usergroup is not a 'Banned' Group" is set to 'Yes' instead of 'No'.

^^^ Bingo. I just duplicated this issue on my v3.8.7 by changing this usergroup setting.

This Usergroup is not a 'Banned' Group (Setting this to no will cause the group to be treated as a banned group, this will prevent the sending of email notifications, show a banned error message on the permission error pages and other unspecified behaviors.)

[ozzy47]

So you allow guests to post replies on your site?

[sparksromeo]

If Guest had permission to post then I would not get the error msg. They can only read a posting but if they try to reply they get the error msg. The error msg should say "You must be signed in to reply or post to this post"

[ozzy47]

I have to believe that is what is going on.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

I have to believe that is what is going on.

It worked for me.

[ozzy47]

Try disabling your mods and see if you still get the same message.

Open your config.php and below<?php add this line:

PHP Code:

 define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true); 


So it looks like this:

PHP Code:

<?php
define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);
/*=================================================  =====================*\
|| ##################################################  ################## ||
|| # vBulletin 4.2.2

[sparksromeo]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Check the global phrase "not_logged_no_permission" in Languages and Phrases. It should read:

You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Took me a while but it is exactly as you described. FYI Varname $vbphrase[not_logged_no_permission]