Question Problem with Kunena Session

I have the following problem.
Some of the categories are only visible to members of a certain joomla usergroup. Now if a user becomes member of that group he should be able to view that category.
But in my case nothing happens. I changed the session lifetime to just 5 seconds but still the session and thus the allowed field is not changing. Even loggin out, waiting and then logging in again does not help in any way.
What can be the problem?

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G'day, Natarandon, and welcome to Kunena.

Set the Kunena session lifetime to be the same as the Joomla session lifetime. 5 seconds is too short.

If you change a user from one user group to another one, use the Synchronize Users feature to clear the Kunena session cache so that these users will be able to view different categories that you have protected/restricted with Joomla's security features. Alternatively, have your users logout and then login again after you change the group they are assigned to. I think this will resolve your problem.

I just thought that the shorter lifetime would fix the problem I'll change it back.

Logging out and back in doesn't solve the problem though. Still the Kunena Session is not updated in the database. And it would be weird if I had to sync the users in the database whenever there is a change in some userrights.

Nobody else has any idea?

If you change a user from one user group to another one while they are logged-in then you need to use the Synchronize Users feature to clear the Kunena session cache so that these users will be able to view different categories that you have protected/restricted with Joomla's security features. Alternatively, ask your users to logout and then login again after you change the group they are assigned to.

What are your settings for

• Global Configuration » Server » Cache Settings » Cache
• Global Configuration » Server » Session Settings » Session Lifetime
• Forum Configuration » General » Basic Settings » Session Lifetime

Turn off server caching and make Global Configuration session lifefime (in minutes) the same as Kunena session lifetime (in seconds). If Kunena session lifetime is 1800 seconds, make Global sessions lifetime = 30 minutes. I am sure that, for a site with only three members, running the Synchronize Users feature is not going to be a major problem for you.

Also, read Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in the Wiki.

I see that your site has 3 members in total. One of them is the site administrator (you) and the other two are test accounts. Are you really sure that you're logging out of these test accounts?

I'll try these settings again and hope for the best.

And the page has only these three users since it's a test page The main page has a few users more. And using the Sync is not an option since the changes in the user group are done automatically by a component.

Natarandon wrote: I'll try these settings again and hope for the best.

We did not ask you to "try" those settings and "hope for the best". We asked you to inform us to what you have set those values. If you do not want to provide us with that information then we,too, wish you good luck luck and we also hope for the best, too.

Natarandon wrote: The main page has a few users more.

What do you mean "the main page"? Either you have 3 users on your website or you don't. This statement does not make sense and, whatever it means, it may be the answer to your problem. Either you have 3 registered users or you don't. Which is it to be? We asked you to give us information about the site where you have problems. You gave us information in msg #1. Did you give us the wrong information? What is the configuration report for, and the particular settings I asked you about last time, the site where you are really having problems, please.