# Users are not added to the moderators groups when registering with SSO
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** sso, discourseconnect
**Created:** [February 25, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165 "2016-02-25T15:30:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165/1 "2016-02-25T15:30:07Z")
**Steps to reproduce:**
1. Have SSO set up.
2. Let a new user sign in, and specify that he is a moderator in the payload.
**Expected results:**
The users has exactly the same permissions as if he signed up and was instantly manually awarded moderator permissions.
**Actual results:**
The user is given the moderator flag, but is not added to the `staff` or `moderator` groups. This means that he cannot access categories requiring these permissions.
Here’s a screenshot of the user settings:
It looks like hitting Refresh on `/admin/groups/automatic` fixes this for already created users.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165/2 "2016-05-12T16:55:39Z")
The issue is still there in version `v1.6.0.beta4 +161` :sadpanda:
The same effect occurs if an existing user is given moderator privileges by another SSO sign-in.
After snooping around in the code, could this be because SSO simply sets the flag and saves the user…
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…while the proper “grant moderation” action…
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…runs this refresh?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165/3 "2016-05-17T07:31:59Z")
Fixed per:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b04ab83f120b91d4c1e3066b5be1d2b56d07e134](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b04ab83f120b91d4c1e3066b5be1d2b56d07e134)
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-are-not-added-to-the-moderators-groups-when-registering-with-sso/40165/4 "2016-05-17T07:32:02Z")