# Private discourse - read/write access for authorized users only possible?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-discourse-read-write-access-for-authorized-users-only-possible/56643>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2017 年 1 月 31 日午前 9:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-discourse-read-write-access-for-authorized-users-only-possible/56643 "2017-01-31T09:42:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![akuehnle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@akuehnle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akuehnle)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 1 月 31 日午前 9:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-discourse-read-write-access-for-authorized-users-only-possible/56643/1 "2017-01-31T09:42:40Z")

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Hello,

I’d like to limit read/write access to my discourse site to a limited set of possible users. John Q Public shall neither have read nor write access to any of our discussions. Is there a way to realize this?

I may be able to get a list of the allowed users’ email addresses. Alternatively, I could send out the website information to the allowed users, trusting them not to share this with others. Perhaps there are other ways to limit accessibility?

I write code for embedded computing, but am a beginner on the systems admin side, fwiw.

Grateful for any help -

AKuehnle

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