Guest Permissions...

[MordyT]

Hello,
I have what might be a interesting bug, or more likely a user error...
I am running smf 2.0 RC3 with simpledesk (in standalone mode) and treasury and a custom theme. For some reason, it seems to be ignoring guest permissions entirely. No matter what I set, guests get a access denied issue. I could set them to administrator treasury or SMF, access denied. Everything else is working great.
I just set up a test board, and the two mods work great with each other. So it is not a mod conflict, rather something I did.

I think it is either cookie related... (long shot) or as I was typing this post I remembered...

They did use to work, not sure when they stopped. I think I was playing around with a Bridge or two (wordpress to smf bridges) that I couldn't get working, so I disabled/deleted them. Could that be the cause?

Any idea how to fix it without a re-install?

[Masterd]

Do you have a backup?

[MordyT]

Nothing current enough for me to go back to. If it gets the point where nothing else is suggested, I will export/re-import /re-install etc. I have no issue with that, just looking if someone has a simple answer...

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

I'm not sure exactly, but have you tried enabling the forum again to see what happens?

[MordyT]

Yes I did. Still a no go.
As more time goes on I begin to think it had to do with the bridge that failed...

Are permissions stored in the database or is there a file with them?

[Kill Em All]

Permissions are stored in the database.

Try Admin>Permissions>Settings>Enable the option to deny permissions>untick that.

[MordyT]

Tried that, no go.
Weird though, when I enabled permissions to be denied, I go no options to casually deny them, however, in the general permissions area, it said none were denied to guest.

I am guessing permissions work like ntfs permissions in Windows? 

[xenovanis]

For more informations on permissions, see
Permissions
What is the difference between disallow and deny in Permissions?

I'm wondering, are you saying guests are unable to see this page?
http://rvoclan.info/treasury/

Because I can see it just fine.

[MordyT]

For more informations on permissions, see
Permissions
What is the difference between disallow and deny in Permissions?

I'm wondering, are you saying guests are unable to see this page?
http://rvoclan.info/treasury/

Because I can see it just fine.

No, that page works as it should. I am referring to another site.
Thank you for the links to the doc pages on permissions. Like I suspected, they work like NTFS permissions.

[Kill Em All]

I personally don't think of them that way, but thats just my opinion.

Did the links help solve your issue, or do you still need assistance with this?

[MordyT]

Still have the issue.

[Kill Em All]

Go to Admin>Maintenance>Check for any errors and repair them

* Kill Em All wonders if this could be a possible bug with SimpleDesk.

[MordyT]

"Congratulations, no errors found! Thanks for checking."

Not a bug with SimpleDesk. I tested on a vanilla board and it worked fine. Also, it used to work, however at one point it just stopped working, not sure after what I did. I think it was the failed bridge to my Wordpress site...

[Kill Em All]

Yeah, I'm gonna put money that its a problem between standalone SD and the bridge. Those two are not happy with each other.

[MordyT]

Yes, but I removed all traces of the bridge I could find since it didn't work...

I seem to be missing something though. The bridge was applied through wordpress...

[Kill Em All]

Sorry for the delayed response.

Which bridge are you using, can you link us please?

[MordyT]

I tried SMF2WP and WP & SMF. Both did not work properly, so I gave up.

[Kill Em All]

Oh... ok. So we should mark this solved then?

[MordyT]

Oh no. The problem still exists, I was just clarifying that I am not longer trying to use a bridge as they did not work properly. The problem where the permissions seem to not be taking effect is still here.

[Kill Em All]

Ah, I see. Can we get an up to date list of mods you curretly have installed other than standalone simpledesk?