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

[Steve Hays]

Earnie,

I do have the Taxonomy module installed.

I spent a while looking for "access modules," but I couldn't find any-- 
at least any that were filtered for 6.  Perhaps I didn't know what I  
was looking for.  *Should* I have any access modules installed?  Is  
there one that would solve the problem?  I'm think it really is a  
permissions problem--unless, of course, other people in D6 can access  
the "forums/" page (the auto-generated index of fora) while in  
anonymous user role.

Steve

On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> 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?
>
> Earnie -- http://for-my-kids.com/
> -- http://give-me-an-offer.com/
>
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