Question Panic - users getting moderator messages and access controls not working

I can't find a category "Problems with Kunena 3", so I'm hoping I'll get read here.

I've had to shut down our Kunena forums because all of sudden lots of users are receiving messages telling them that they are moderators. Another thing that suddenly started happening is that ex members of a group are receiving these messages and can access categories belonging to the group that they used to be members of. These are private forums and very sensitive, so the group is all of a panic thinking that all and sundry can read sensitive information. I am really stressed out and I'm receiving 10 emails per minute with complaints. Can anybody help PLEASE? Config below:

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Kunena menu details:

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Kunena default template details : Example Template | author: Kunena Team | version: 1.7.2 | creationdate: 2012-01-31

Kunena version detailed: Kunena 3.0.6 | 2014-07-28 [ Tala ]
| Kunena detailed configuration:

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| Joomla! detailed language files installed:

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Joomla! languages installed:
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Plugins: Content - Kunena Discuss 3.0.1

Modules: Kunena Latest 3.0.1 | Kunena Stats 3.0.1 | Kunena Login 3.0.1 | Kunena Search 3.0.1

Update: Kunena says all these users are site admins, but they're not! They're just ordinary users. Obviously that's why they're all receiving the messages and have super powers in the forums. Do I have to hack the DB?

Update:

It seems that all users with "editor" privs are considered site admins by Kunena. Is this a bug in Kunena?

K3.0.6 isn't supported anymore. Please update.

check the permissions on the kunena dashboard -> options top right

810 wrote: K3.0.6 isn't supported anymore. Please update.

Oh. I always install updates when they appear, but the Joomla update manager hasn't mentioned an update for Kunena.

check the permissions on the kunena dashboard -> options top right

Yup. Only Admin and SU can do anything.

Oh, and in config, I have "Enable version check" set to Yes.

when you on the kunena dashboard, on the backend. You will see a button with "Options" on the top right.


This will open the joomla permissions.

There you made a change, so you need to check the permissions of the usergroup.

Yes, I already did that. Some people were also showing up as "site admins" in Kunena because they were in the author group. I removed one of them from that group, and then the other users also ceased to be site admins in Kunena. Unfortunately, so did I, and I am admin in Kunena and site admin. It's a mess - there's a really bad bug in there. And it seems my only option for upgrading, is a clean install from scratch. I don't know what to tell the users.

No need, you need to recreate the usergroups correct, then move the users.

Then it should be ok.

todo:
1) create new usergroup "registered1"
2) Move all users to "registered1"
3) Then it should work.

I don't think we understand each other. "Recreate the groups"? We have 19 user groups and 1300 users. Internally, Kunena is getting confused about who is admin and who isn't. I don't see how moving all users from one group to another can help. For example, I am a member of 15 groups.