# Moderator without access to a category can't change category notification settings for a user who does

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-without-access-to-a-category-cant-change-category-notification-settings-for-a-user-who-does/25636>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [2015 年 2 月 24 日午後 10:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-without-access-to-a-category-cant-change-category-notification-settings-for-a-user-who-does/25636 "2015-02-24T22:41:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 2 月 25 日午前 4:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-without-access-to-a-category-cant-change-category-notification-settings-for-a-user-who-does/25636/5 "2015-02-25T04:06:33Z")

</div>

Moderators do not have access to these and should not be able to see them, so your thesis is incorrect…

The issue with saving is legit, but the fix may be complex. I suggest avoiding these edits for now.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-without-access-to-a-category-cant-change-category-notification-settings-for-a-user-who-does/25636)._