I was trying to invite a user to a forum topic a second time. The first time i did the invite, i didn’t have the user in the right group. I was thinking that the system was going to throw a error during the invitation, or it was going to track that I invited that user and allow that user to access t…

A work around I think we’ll be able to use is with sub-categories. Here is a example i’m working with: The layout… Content Management (parent category, protected access to cm (content management) group) -Videos (sub category, protected access to cm group and videos group) -Videos-VENDOR (sub cat…

Is this a topic in a secured category? If it is, you must include group membership (the relevant group that has access to the secured category that the topic is in) in the invite, for the invite to work. Any other comments @techapj ?

@codinghorror , It is in a protected category. Just to confirm, if i have a protected category with multiple threads, and I want to give someone access to only one of those threads, I have to give them access to the whole category (consequently…all threads)? If that is the case, is there a way around…

[image] jtlindsey: or it was going to track that I invited that user and allow that user to access that topic. This does happen. If the topic belongs to a restricted category we add invited user access to those allowed groups. [image] jtlindsey: The user got a permission error when they …

[image] techAPJ: or it was going to track that I invited that user and allow that user to access that topic. This does happen. If the topic belongs to a restricted category we add invited user access to those allowed groups. On a new installation, this did not happen. The user (already log…

[image] jtlindsey: On a new installation, this did not happen. Few questions: are you admin on the forum you are inviting users? you need to be group owner or admin to invite user to a group. are the group automatic (shipped default by Discourse) or custom (created by you)?

I am the admin and maintainer inviting users. The groups are all groups that I created custom.

Sorry, that user has already been invited. You may only invite a user to a topic once

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) June 20, 2018, 10:47pm 4

There is no concept of per-topic permissions in Discourse. If you want that, you need to send a PM (Personal Message) which does have per-topic permissions.

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