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How to set permissions in SMF

How to set permissions in SMF

Permissions give different levels of access depending on which group the member is assigned to.

1) Click Admin.
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2) Go to Permissions.
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Here is a list of all the membergroups and their number of assigned permissions.
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3) To edit an existing group, click Modify.

4) Select each thing you would like to allow the group Guest to do.
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5) Since Guests are unregistered, let’s restrict them from viewing users’ profiles.
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Here are more options related to topics and polls.
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6) Click Save Changes.
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7) Click Permissions By Board.
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You can set permissions for each board here.

8) Let’s look at Settings.
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Here we can set the groups able to manage permissions.
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That’s it! You now know how to edit permissions in SMF.

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