ability to lock and unlock own topic, not working unless giving additional access

[Lioncomputer]

Hi

 

I created a custom user group and added the ability to lock and unlock own topic, but it's not working unless I active the "Can manage alerts?" access too

But then there will be another issue, the users will be able to lock and unlock all topics, not just their own topics

 

I am on latest version 4.7.3

PHP 8.1.9

MariaDB 10.6

[Daniel F]

The first issue was fixed for an upcoming release and I can't reproduce the second on my installation.

Are you seeing this on your community?

[Lioncomputer]

Thank you,

 

Yup, I have the second issue too.

All the users in that particular user group by enabling "Can manage alerts?" can lock and unlock all topics even from other users

[Jim M]

1 hour ago, Mohsen Parhizkar said:

All the users in that particular user group by enabling "Can manage alerts?" can lock and unlock all topics even from other users

Are you providing them a moderator ability to unlock/lock topics in ACP -> Members -> Staff -> Moderators? If so, this is for all content, not just their own.

[Lioncomputer]

I attached the screenshot of the settings of the same user group

with this setting, the users will be able to lock and unlock all topics, not just their own and if I disable the "Can manage alerts?", they can't do that for any topic

 

Group Menu Settings

 

Moderator Menu Settings

Edited November 15, 2022 by Mohsen Parhizkar

[Marc]

I would need to know which group this is to take a look, but please also check on the forums tab on moderator settings first of all

[Nathan Explosion]

This is easy to reproduce, Marc.

1. Modify the 'Members' group, enable the 'Can lock and unlock own content?' permission.
2. Login as a member and create a topic
3. Once created, click 'Moderator Actions' -> 'Lock'

Result - click 'Save' has no effect on the topic

Workaround:

1. Make the member a restricted moderator, with only the 'Can manage alerts?' permission
2. Try to lock the topic again.

Result - clicking save now locks the topic.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Nathan Explosion

[Daniel F]

11 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

This is easy to reproduce, Marc.

1. Modify the 'Members' group, enable the 'Can lock and unlock own content?' permission.
2. Login as a member and create a topic
3. Once created, click 'Moderator Actions' -> 'Lock'

Result - click 'Save' has no effect on the topic

Workaround:

1. Make the member a restricted moderator, with only the 'Can manage alerts?' permission
2. Try to lock the topic again.

Result:

That's known and fixed for an upcoming release, the issue is that we can't reproduce the second issue with being able to lock all topics and not only the own.

[Nathan Explosion]

Aha - gotcha.

[Lioncomputer]

53 minutes ago, Marc Stridgen said:

I would need to know which group this is to take a look, but please also check on the forums tab on moderator settings first of all

This isn't one of the defaults user groups, I made a custom user group

I didn't have any idea that there are some access settings in that tab too, the cause of the problem was exactly on the forums tab, the "Can lock topics/questions?" and "Can Unlock topics/questions?" had been enabled,

I think the logic of this kind of setting, isn't correct, when we disabled the lock and unlock the topic ability, why in the forums tab, we should have same settings?

 

[Marc]

This is intentional. You were looking on the global tab for that setting. If you deselect, it then allows you to be able to set it for indivual applications and forums.

[Lioncomputer]

1 minute ago, Marc Stridgen said:

This is intentional. You were looking on the global tab for that setting. If you deselect, it then allows you to be able to set it for indivual applications and forums.

Oh, if that is the case, then it's logical
 

thank you

[Marc]

No problem at all. Glad we got there in the end