# Subcategory permissions cannot be less restrictive than parent's

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-permissions-cannot-be-less-restrictive-than-parents/111036
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [3월 7, 2019, 11:01오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-permissions-cannot-be-less-restrictive-than-parents/111036 "2019-03-07T23:01:44Z")
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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [3월 7, 2019, 11:55오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-permissions-cannot-be-less-restrictive-than-parents/111036/2 "2019-03-07T23:55:32Z")

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> [@Jill\_S](#):
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> It won’t even let me change the _name_ of the category, without giving me this error message.

This indictates the category was set up prior to us implementing this check: [Subcategories do not inherit permissions from parent category - #22 by hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-do-not-inherit-permissions-from-parent-category/17174/22)

To recover, ensure all permissions for the subcategory are first added to the parent.

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