Question Permission problem

Hi!

I know that this question has been answered several times and even in the wiki you can find informations about it. Unfortunately I did everything what is written there (at least I think that I did) with no result.

The facts:
I want a forum on my site with different categories for different users. There is a category for guests which is moderated and visible to everyone (works fine). Additionally there are other categories for all members (at least "registered"). And there is a section with two categories which should only be visible for members with at least "author" status. This section is called "Organisation".

The problem is, that every registered member is able to view the section "Organisation" and the two categories inside. I tried everything to prevent that with no success. Here my settings:

Section "Organisation":
Access Controlltype: Usergroups
Primary Usergroup: Auhtor (subgroups yes)
Second. Usergroup: Manager (subgroups yes)

Category "Meetings":
exactly the same, plus
Who is able to open threads: Manager, Author, Superuser

Here is my configuration report:

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Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Enabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

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htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 96M | Max file upload: 20M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
487	Forum	mainmenu	Itemid=478	kunena-2013-05-18
478	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=480	forum
479	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	forum/index
480	Aktuell	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	forum/aktuell
481	Neues Thema	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	forum/neuesthema
482	Ohne Antwort	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/ohneantwort
483	Meine Themen	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	forum/meinethemen
484	Profil	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profil
485	Hilfe	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/hilfe
486	Suche	kunenamenu	view=search	forum/suche

Joomla default template details : protostar | author: Kyle Ledbetter | version: 1.0 | creationdate: Unknown

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle 2.0 | author: Kunena Team | version: 3.0.0 | creationdate: 2013-05-15

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.0 | 2013-05-15 [ Wanga ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
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| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Disabled
Kunena - Community Builder Enabled: access=1 login=1 activity=1 avatar=1 profile=1 private=1
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Enabled: private=1

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)
de-DE	German (DE-CH-AT)

Third-party components: CommunityBuilder 1.9 | UddeIM 3.0

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: Content - Kunena Discuss 3.0.0

Modules: Kunena Login 3.0.0

Thanks for your help!

Take care,
Alex

Hello,

Can-you do a screenshot of your Kunena categories manager page, like that we can see clearly how you are configured ?

I could have thought of that earlier...

Overview:



Section:



Categories (both the same):




I hope that helps.
Take care,
Alex

Looks like the categories are set up correctly. Can you try one thing for me:

Can you change type from user groups into viewlevels and select "Special". Does it work for you?

Sorry, does not work. I have even tried setting up a newly created category. It was always visible to "registeres" but it should have been visible starting with "author". I tried it with user groups and with view levels.

Any other ideas? The other user restrictions in Joomla are working fine (as far as I can tell).

Thanks,
Alex