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Tue Oct 26 14:24:26 EEST 2010
How to restrict access to phpBB categories only
to registered users
1. Login with your phpbb administrator (admin) account
2. Go to Groups' forum permission Permissions in Administration
Control Panel
Administration Control Panel (ACP) -> Groups' forum
permissions
3. In the left menu pane click Groups' forum
permissions
There you will see the text Link up usergroup (located in
right of the Groups' forum permissions just chosen.
4. Choose the Guests look up group from the drop down
menu
Press submit there and then check the tick box reading All
forums located a bit below the list with forum categories and
topics.
Next you will have to press the Submit button.
5. Choose No Access for Role: to each and every forum category
and threat
There you will se a list of all your forum categories and topics
each and next to each of it you can assign permissions for the
Guests user group (e.g. not registered users).
Make sure you have selected No Access for all the
list.
As a last step to complete the procedure press the Apply all
permissons button.
From now on only registered users will have access to your forum
Topics and Categories.
Cheers! :)