Permissions of Sub-Primary Tags and Primary Tags

jammerxd

Hi. I need to have Primary Tags and Sub-Primary Tags where the Sub-Primary overrides the primary tag permissions. Attached are screen shots.

Tags Page Screenshot
Permission Dashboard Screenshot

A verified user cannot make a post in the Truckler Sub-Category despite the "Start Discussion" and "Start Discussion without approval" permissions being marked.(verified member is the user with checkmark/dark blue color). The message is "You don't have permission to do that." and the http code is a 403 returned from api/discussion AFTER the user has clicked Start Discussion and has typed up their message.

The Start Discussion button for Truckler is enabled and can be clicked. The Post Discussion returns the 403 and error message about not having permission.

This seems like a bug because the group clearly has permission to post in Truckler. The reason for this is that I do NOT want posts in Products. I want them in the specific product the person is posting for. I do not want to grant permission to create a topic in Products to everyone because of the moderation/administration that would have to happen.

How do I modify flarum to allow the sub-primary tag permissions to override the parent tag permissions and is this a bug or the intended behavior?

Thanks,
Josh

clarkwinkelmann

Flarum's tag-based permissions use a strategy where it will always use the most restrictive permission from all of the tags applied to a discussion.

There is however an issue right now with the start discussion button not correctly reflecting how the permission works in the backend. I see you have already found it flarum/core2149

If you use a set of first-level and second-level primary tags, you should apply the restrictions on the other second-level tags and require the user to select both the first level and one secondary, then I think the permissions will work as expected.

jammerxd

Thanks for the information and yes I'm quite sure that would resolve the issue, however, I want to use the sub-tags so that the forum looks like it has sub-forums. The secondary tags do not allow for this as I cannot only allow someone to use secondary tags in specific primary tags. (I.e. the Truckler tag should only be applicable in the Products primary tag and should show up as a sub-forum). Is there a modification I can make to allow the permissions to be the opposite of what they are now? (i.e. allow the sub-tag to override the primary tag)?