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Forum permissions screwy
A user who registered after we installed 1.2.1 is seeing the forums as though they are not registered-- their posting permissions are off. The best I can tell, these permissions are generated from user_status, but it's set correctly to 2.

Most likely related, they are also not shown as being in the Registered User group, although the account is in fact registered.


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Hello?

I believe I posted this in the correct forum and it was moved here for some reason. But I still need a reply.


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First you need to determine the user's user_id; this is at the top of the detailed user record in the admin. Then try running this query from the admin panel -> Tools -> SQL Monitor:

INSERT INTO gforum_UserGroup (user_id_fk, group_id_fk) VALUES (USER ID, 3)

You might need to change the 'gforum_' part if you've used another prefix - the SQL Monitor page gives you the database prefix. That should put the user into the correct group.

Jason Rhinelander
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Aha... I thought the registered users group was generated dynamically, I didn't realize it was actually set in the database. Thanks.


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Aha... I thought the registered users group was generated dynamically, I didn't realize it was actually set in the database. Thanks.
Well, it _is_ generated dynamically when you add/modify/delete users, but stored in the database along with all the other groups. I'm not sure how this error happened - the database addition is always done by GForum immediately after adding a user. Perhaps there was a database error at the moment it tried to do the insert?

Jason Rhinelander
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That's probably what happened... our server has a history of crashing.


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our server has a history of crashing.

We do offer hosting. Wink

Cheers,

Alex
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If you can give us the same 1gb ram/dual 866mhz system for the same $99/month we'll be happy to switch. Wink


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Heh, no, can't do that. Smile

Cheers,

Alex
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