[support] Forums permission: can anonymous users view without write privileges

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Steve Hays <hays at ohio.edu>:

> Guys,
>
> This sounds really dumb, but I can't find an answer anywhere.
>
> Read privileges for all content types EXCEPT for the forum module seem
> to be controlled by Permissions >> node module >> access content.  I
> have checked that to allow access privileges to anonymous users.  But
> if I try to access the "drupal/forums" page--the list of all
> containers and forums automatically generated by the Forums module, I
> cannot access it unless I am logged in.
>
> The FAQ module may have encountered a similar problem because their
> section in the Permissions page includes a checkbox for "view faq."
> There is no such item under the forums module.
>
> Strangely, only the "drupal/forums" page seems to be non-performing in
> this fashion.  If I type in the url of a specific forum, I can read it
> as anonymous, but (of course) no one can get to the specific forums
> without the index page.  Am I the only one with this problem?  (I'm in
> 6.3)
>
> A related gripe:  The "containers" on the forum-list page are hot
> links, but produce no results.  It would be nice to remove the links
> since they're non-functional.
>

What modules do you have installed.  The forum module uses taxonomy 
vocabulary and terms to control containers and fora.  The links come 
from the taxonomy module.  Do you have any access modules installed?

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