# Invite users to certain categories/topics of a closed forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-users-to-certain-categories-topics-of-a-closed-forum/65908>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 9, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-users-to-certain-categories-topics-of-a-closed-forum/65908 "2017-07-09T20:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-users-to-certain-categories-topics-of-a-closed-forum/65908/10 "2017-07-11T11:51:01Z")

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> [@cryptochrome](#):
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> If we disable “loin required” that would open up the forum for anonymous access then? And those users would see everything that is not locked down to specific group access?

Yes, that sounds correct to me

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