# Subcategories do not inherit permissions from parent category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-do-not-inherit-permissions-from-parent-category/17174>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年 7 月 3 日午後 6:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-do-not-inherit-permissions-from-parent-category/17174 "2014-07-03T18:41:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2018 年 9 月 19 日午前 6:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-do-not-inherit-permissions-from-parent-category/17174/17 "2018-09-19T06:36:38Z")

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I think the ideal thing to add some sort of safety net when you change parent permissions to ensure there is no case where and child subcategory is **less** restrictive than parent. Add that same safety net when saving a child category.

The worst case is when you can not access a parent but have access to a child. Stuff simply does not work right.

I think simply raising errors for now when you try to save in such conditions is the best path forward.

Eg:

> Parent:
> 
> Staff: read

> Child:
> 
> Team: read

(click save on child)

🎆 💣

> Users in child category will not have access to parent category, save is not allowed!

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