Usergroups
Each user must be part of at least one usergroup. Usergroups basically categorize users, usually by the role they have on the forum. Usergroups can also be used to give different permissions to different groups of people.
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[edit] Types of Usergroups
There are different types of usergroups. These depend on settings in the Admin CP.
[edit] Default Usergroups
Default usergroups are those that come with MyBB by default.
- Super Administrators
- This is the usergroup for the very first user set up when MyBB was installed. Users in this group cannot be deleted, changed or banned. These users are also members of the "Administrators" group. Users cannot be added to this group through the Admin CP; they must be added by changing settings in the inc/config.php file. Note: This is note a real usergroup. It is an extension of the Administrators Usergroup.
- Administrators
- This is the usergroup for the people with access to the Admin CP.
- Awaiting Activation
- This usergroup is for users whose accounts have not yet been activated. Usually you won't need to manually place people into this usergroup.
- Banned
- This usergroup is for people who have been banned from your board.
- Moderators
- When moderators are created, they are moved to this forum if they are in the registered usergroup to start with. If you manually place users into this usergroup, they will not inherit any moderating privileges until you add them as moderator to a forum.
- Registered
- This is the main usergroup for most of your users who are registered but are not part of any other usergroup.
- Super Moderators
- Users in this usergroup can moderate any forum.
- Unregistered / Not Logged In
- This usergroup is used to give permissions to guests and search engine spiders. Usually no users will appear in this usergroup.
[edit] Custom Usergroups
Custom usergroups are any other usergroup that the board administrator has created.
[edit] Publically Joinable Custom Groups
These are custom usergroups that any user can join themselves (depending on the usergroup settings, the users' join requests may have to be moderated by a group leader or administrator first) through the User CP.
[edit] Usergroups and Users
[edit] Primary Usergroup
Each user must have a primary usergroup. This is the main usergroup that will give the base permissions for the user.
[edit] Secondary Usergroup
Each user may have multiple secondary usergroups. The permission settings in these will affect the overall permission-set for the user (see below).
[edit] Display Usergroup
This usergroup is purely for setting the usergroup that will be shown for the user. It does not affect permissions in any way. For example, If a user had the Registered usergroup as his primary usergroup and the Administrators group as the display usergroup, he will appear as an administrator on his posts, and his username will be in the Administrator color, but he will not have any administrator permissions as he is not part of the Administrators usergroup.
[edit] Usergroups and Permissions
Currently in MyBB, the "yes" permission overrides any "no" permission. This poses a problem if you explicitly want to disable a certain permission for a usergroup if users in that usergroup are in another usergroup with "yes" permissions for the same permission.