User Groups and permissions

[enesem]

Hi folks.

I hope you can help me work out how to do this.

I have a number of sub forums that I want to restrict access to, so the users who are part of the bosses group only can access bosses forum, sales group only access sales forum, workers access workers forum, etc. everyone can access the public forums.

Can anyone please explain an easy way to do this ?

Many thanks,

NM

[SpikedRocker]

The easiest way to do this is to create the usergroups first, then start with the public forum (obviously everyone gets access to this). Then you'd step up and copy permissions, and simply remove the usergroup that should not access it after you do that. If you've already have the forums and usergroups setup, you will just have to take the time and use the forum permissions tool to assign the correct permissions.

[enesem]

Thanks for the advice.

I have already set up the forums, so I have created groups, then I am going to each forum, setting deny to each group then setting the groups I want to have access to default permissions. However, default permissions seem odd, the users doesn't get the right to post ? That doesn't seem right - should I have to check each group permissions now too ?

Bit klunky I feel, I expected it would be easier.

NM

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OK, I am testing this.

Now the forums have disappeared so you can't see them unless you are a member of the group allowed to access the forum.

Please could anyone tell me what the permission atrtribute is that allows people to see the forum header bar but not the threads or posts inside the forum ?

Many thanks,

NM