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The security model of the Forums module has two parts:
1. Security of the Forums module administration interface.
2. Security of the forums published on the website.
Forums module administration interface
Access to the Forums module administration interface in CMS Desk -> Tools can be managed in the Modules -> Forums permission matrix at CMS Site Manager -> Administration -> Permissions (or CMS Desk -> Administration -> Permissions; only applies to the current site):
| • | Modify - allows users to modify forum settings |
| • | Read - allows users to only read forum settings |
Users without any permissions who are moderators of at least one forum are allowed to access the Posts waiting for my approval dialog only.
Security of forums published on a website
If you Edit (
) some forum and switch to its Security tab, the permission matrix displayed in the screenshot below will be displayed.
Columns of the matrix represent the following actions:
| • | Access to forum - defines who can enter the forum and view posts |
| • | Attach files - defines who can attach files to forum posts |
| • | Mark as answer - defines who can mark posts as answers in Question - Answer forums |
| • | Post - defines who can add posts to the forum |
| • | Reply - defines who can reply to forum posts |
| • | Subscribe - defines who can subscribe for receiving notifications about new posts in the forum |
Rows in the top part of the matrix have the following meanings:
| • | Nobody - the action can not be performed by anyone |
| • | All users - anybody can perform the action |
| • | Authenticated users - only signed-in registered users can perform the action |
| • | Authorized roles - only members of roles specified in the lower part of the matrix can perform the action |
Below the permission matrix, there is one more check-box:
Allow user to change the name - if checked, users can change their name displayed with a forum post when entering the post; if unchecked, their user name will be used
The following properties of the Forum group web part are also related to forum security:
| • | Hide forum to unauthorized users - indicates whether forums for which the user has no permissions are visible for them in the list of forums in a forum group |
| • | Redirect unauthorized users - determines whether to redirect unauthorized users to the logon page or whether to display only an info message |
| • | Access denied page URL - URL where the user is redirected when trying to access forum for which they are not authorized |
Page url: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/5_5r2/devguide/index.html?forums_module_security.htm
