# How to disable access to anyone not coming from a specific IP address

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [4월 13, 2019, 1:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907 "2019-04-13T01:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [4월 13, 2019, 4:25오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-access-to-anyone-not-coming-from-a-specific-ip-address/114907/5 "2019-04-13T04:25:56Z")

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> [@sat](#):
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> This will not show posts to users I want, they need to login to see content

Easy. Set forum to private as Jeff suggests and then approve access to only your setup team. If you don’t approve others they will only see the login screen. You can set permissions to categories by group if you need further granularity.

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