Viewing Permissions

[Cody.9791]

I'm having trouble with forum viewing permissions. I'm using vBulletin 4.2.3 and I'm trying to limit the viewing permissions of a sub-forum so that only specific usergroups have access to it. I've edited the forum permissions so that the usergroups that I don't want to have access to it are denied. When I do this, the usergroups that should be able to view it aren't able to. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Dave]

Does the usergroup have access to the parent forum of the forum you're trying to give them access to?

[Cody.9791]

Originally Posted by Dave

Does the usergroup have access to the parent forum of the forum you're trying to give them access to?

Yes, it does.

[Dave]

Hmm weird, could you take a screenshot of the permissions of the usergroup?
Also the usergroup is assigned as a primary usergroup to the user(s) right?

[Cody.9791]

Originally Posted by Dave

Hmm weird, could you take a screenshot of the permissions of the usergroup?
Also the usergroup is assigned as a primary usergroup to the user(s) right?

It's an additional usergroup. The only primary usergroups I have set for my users on my vBulletin site are:

Administrators
Banned Users
Moderators
Registered Users
Super Moderators
Unregistered / Not Logged In
Users Awaiting Email Confirmation
Users Awaiting Moderation

I have 3 usergroups that I want to have access to this specific sub-forum. The 3 usergroups are additional usergroups.

I've had this set-up like this on another vBulletin 4 website before so I'm not sure why this isn't working for me right now.

Essentially, the user(s) accessing this sub-forum will be in the Moderator, Super Moderator, or Administrator usergroups, but I do not want all Moderators, Super Moderators, or Administrators having access to this sub-forum which is why I'm trying to set it up from the additional usergroups.

[Dave]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the primary usergroup overrides the permissions of the additional usergroup. So if the primary usergroup allows the user to view forum X but the additional usergroup does not allow it, it will use the primary usergroup its permission.

It works like that from my understanding.

[Cody.9791]

Originally Posted by Dave

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the primary usergroup overrides the permissions of the additional usergroup. So if the primary usergroup allows the user to view forum X but the additional usergroup does not allow it, it will use the primary usergroup its permission.

It works like that from my understanding.

But if I allow the Moderators, Super Moderators, & Administrators to have access to that forum, then every Moderator, Super Moderator, & Administrator would have access to it and not just the specific ones that I'd like to?

[Dave]

I believe so. One way to find out is to create a test (super) moderator account yourself and assign those permissions.

[Cody.9791]

Originally Posted by Dave

I believe so. One way to find out is to create a test (super) moderator account yourself and assign those permissions.

That's not what I'm wanting to do though. I don't want all moderators, super moderators, & administrators having access to this sub-forum.

[Cody.9791]

I found the issue. I had to edit the Moderator usergroup permissions.

"Allow Users to have Member Groups
(Sets whether or not permissions from the user's member (secondary) user group memberships are inherited or not)"

I changed this to "Yes".

My Super Moderator & Administrator usergroups were this way already, just not the Moderator usergroup. Everything works as I wanted now.