Question Permission issue: "Warning You cannot access the private section of this site"

Hello.

I am new to Joomla and Kunena and could use some help. I set up a forum on my website and it appears to work fine for me (super user) but no one else is able to log into the forum.

Registered users get the message: "Warning You cannot access the private section of this site."

I am not very clear on how the permissions work, so maybe someone can tell me where I went wrong? I would like everyone to be able to view the website and forum, registered users to be able to post, and only myself to be able to access any site configs

Thank you for your time.

Here is my report:

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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

This message contains confidential information

htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 120 seconds | Max execution memory: 64M | Max file upload: 32M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
125	Forum	mainmenu	view=home&defaultmenu=116	kunena-2014-02-06
116	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=118	kunena
117	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	kunena/index
118	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	kunena/recent
119	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	kunena/newtopic
120	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	kunena/noreplies
121	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	kunena/mylatest
122	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	kunena/profile
123	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	kunena/help
124	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	kunena/search
126	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=116	forum

Joomla default template details : ice_future | author: IceTheme | version: 1.0 | creationdate: Unknown

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle | author: Kunena Team | version: 3.0.4 | creationdate: 2013-12-22

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.4 | 2013-12-22 [ Ukko ]
| 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 Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)

Third-party components: None

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

Hi Cronie,

When you create a category in the back end you can set permission for it. So you log-in to the back end of your site and try to check permission of all categories has been created.

Regards

9themestore wrote: Hi Cronie,

When you create a category in the back end you can set permission for it. So you log-in to the back end of your site and try to check permission of all categories has been created.

Regards

I guess I am not too smart, I really don't understand the permission system with joomla/kunena. If someone fills out the form to become a user on the forum, are they a guest, a user or registered?

Do you know of a tutorial with a nice SIMPLE explanation of what the different ranks can do?

Thank you for your time

Hi,

Please visit the Kunena wiki to view all permission.

I can't find this anywhere.

If someone registers on my forum (they enter their name and email and get a verification email) then what group are they in? All the people that have registered on my forum are being called "users" .... so what is registered?

Cronie wrote: If someone registers on my forum (they enter their name and email and get a verification email) then what group are they in?

Your new accounts are joined to the Joomla group that you have defined in the options in the User Manager.

(1) Go to Joomla User Manager » Options

(2) Look at Component » New User Registration Group (see screensopt below):

Cronie wrote: All the people that have registered on my forum are being called "users" .... so what is registered?

"Users" are the accounts that people have. "Registered" is the name of a "user group" (technically, it is the name of a Joomla ACL group).

ok i'm having this issue also i did try the suggested above but still getting the same error please help with this !!!

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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

This message contains confidential information

htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 500 seconds | Max execution memory: 512M | Max file upload: 2048M

Kunena menu details:

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ID	Name	Menutype	Link	Path
297	Forums	mainmenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=1	forums
298	Forum Index	mainmenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	forums/index
285	Profile	mainmenu	view=user	forums/profile
283	Edit Forum Profile	mainmenu	view=user&layout=edit	forums/edit-forum-profile
202	Forum	mainmenu	Itemid=308	kunena-2013-02-28
203	Old forum link	mainmenu	view=category&layout=list&catid=0	old
308	Forum	kunenamenu	view=home&defaultmenu=310	forum
309	Index	kunenamenu	view=category&layout=list	forum/index
310	Recent Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=replies	forum/recent
311	New Topic	kunenamenu	view=topic&layout=create	forum/newtopic
312	No Replies	kunenamenu	view=topics&mode=noreplies	forum/noreplies
313	My Topics	kunenamenu	view=topics&layout=user&mode=default	forum/mylatest
314	Profile	kunenamenu	view=user	forum/profile
315	Help	kunenamenu	view=misc	forum/help
316	Search	kunenamenu	view=search	forum/search

Joomla default template details : js_wright | author: Joomlashack | version: 3.0.4 | creationdate: Unknown

Kunena default template details : NTS KDrive 2.0 | author: Nice Theme Store | version: 2.0.4 | creationdate: 2013-01-19

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.4 | 2013-12-22 [ Ukko ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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Kunena config settings:
board_offline	0
enablerss	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	6
messages_per_page_search	15
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| Kunena integration settings:

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Kunena - AlphaUserPoints Enabled: activity=1 avatar=0 profile=0 activity_points_limit=0
Kunena - Community Builder Disabled
Kunena - Gravatar Disabled
Kunena - JomSocial Disabled
Kunena - Joomla Enabled: access=1 login=1
Kunena - Kunena Enabled: avatar=1 profile=1
Kunena - UddeIM Disabled

| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
en-GB	English (United Kingdom)

Third-party components: AlphaUserPoints 1.8.4

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: None

Modules: None

G'day, mobgod, and welcome to Kunena.

You will get the message "Warning You cannot access the private section of this site" if you are not logged in to you site.

Can you explain please they did register on the forum do they need to register on the site also? Would you take a look for me chiznillen.net

sozzled wrote: G'day, mobgod, and welcome to Kunena.

You will get the message "Warning You cannot access the private section of this site" if you are not logged in to you site.

mobgod wrote: Can you explain please they did register on the forum do they need to register on the site also?

When you users create an account at your site - when the "register" at your site - they automatically are able to use your forum (unless you have otherwise prevented them form using your forum). This question is often asked. It is answered in the topic User registration and/or general login issues .