"Can Reply to Topics" Permission - BROKEN in 5.1 - Need a FIX arround it

[discoverxs3]

So that permission was working perfectly on 5.0.5

But After the update its not.


If you set
Can Post Topics - NO
Can Reply to Topics - YES



users can not post a REPLY as the reply box it selfs returns:
You are not authorize to view this page.






so the statement:

Can post new topics?
If this is set to No, the user will not be allowed to post new topics in this forum. They may, however, post replies to existing topics unless you revoke that permission below.

Is no longer valid.

There is no way to disable topic creation and leave the options on users to reply.


Our News section is broken after the update.


I have tested it on several forums and all return the same.

I am 100% sure that even HERE
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...nouncements_aa
if you allow users to REPLY you will get



the same error and not get the reply box.




So how can we fix this?
As right now is either no one can reply
Or everyone can create a post in the our news sections.

[Lynne]

I verified this on my 5.1.0 site and posted a bug report here - http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-12422 If a bug doesn't get entered into the tracker, the it won't get fixed.

[discoverxs3]

I verified this on my 5.1.0 site and posted a bug report here - http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-12422 If a bug doesn't get entered into the tracker, the it won't get fixed.

Hey there Lynne,
i just got a notification that http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-12422
is fixed in Sprint94m13

But i could not find any information on how.
Is there a manual fix i can apply as we need this function and the new VB version might be weeks / months ahead.

Thanks

[discoverxs3]

ook wow...
friday night and the status got updated again

Fix Version/s: 5.1.1

dont you guys:

over the weekend ?


And seriously now
Great reaction in fixing this issue.

How can the fix be applied manually?
can we change the template or any core file to remove this "Can Post Topics" permission check?

We need this feature before 5.1.1
thanks.

[Wayne Luke]

Hello,

We've released an Alpha of 5.1.1 today. You can test the fix with this Alpha and if it works, we can supply a diff patch that you can apply manually.

[discoverxs3]

Hello,

We've released an Alpha of 5.1.1 today. You can test the fix with this Alpha and if it works, we can supply a diff patch that you can apply manually.

The problem is we are running a live forum and installing an alpha is a bad idea.

But willing to try diff patch and give you feedback on it
Should i create a support request and continue there?
If there is a chance to try it over the weekend when we have less users online will be perfect.

Thanks

actually i am impressed

[Lynne]

He's suggesting you set up a test site running 5.1.1 and see if the issue is fixed there and, if so, then you can just do the diff patch on your site site. If you want the diff file, please put in a ticket and let us know which bug you want to have the diff file for.

[discoverxs3]

What I meant is that i wanted to skip this part

So Installing it right now

[SiFor]

I have a site with this exact same issue! What is the fix for this?

[Lynne]

It's the same answer. Try out 5.1.1 and see if it works there (on a test site) and if so, put in a ticket asking for the diff file.

[SiFor]

Sorry?

Why should I have to insall the alpha version to test and see if its working, surely that responsibility lies with vBulletin?

The apathy of this siuation is beyond comprehension!

[Lynne]

This specific bug is fixed in 5.1.1, so we are just saying you may want to verify this issue is fixed on your site when running 5.1.1. If not, then you are most likely running into a different bug.

[kehindelawal]

i have this issue too, or something quite similar. What i want is to have a single Topic on my forum. This means users should not be able to create a Topic, but should be able to reply. is this fixed in 5.1.1? Thanks. any help to solve this issue is really appreciated.

[Lynne]

Yes, that should be fixed in 5.1.1.

[sauloon]

Hi, has this bug resurfaced? I am running 5.1.2p2 and I have this issue. I set Can Post Topics - NO Can Reply to Topics - YES and I see the "You are not authorize to view this page." Where the post edit box should be.

[Mark.B]

Make sure you have set both usergroup permissions AND channel permissions.

If you are still having difficulties after checking that, please start your own topic with full details of the issue.