Who is able to change profile of another user

[sbernhard (Bernhard Suttner)]

I saw, that a TL4 user who is also a moderator can change the user profile of another user. Including the email settings, about me, notifications, etc.

Can this be turned off somehow? I would prefer that only admins can do this.

[ondrej]

Hello,

TL4 Leader cannot change peoples preferences. In order to do this you must either be a moderator (as is your user in question) or admin. For more information see this topic

Understanding user statuses, roles, and permissions

Discourse has many built-in user statuses, roles, and permissions. These statuses and roles can be seen for a given user when viewing their profile from the users’ section of the admin dashboard: [admin-dashboard-user-permissions] The following describes the meaning of each status. Permission Status Activated Account has a verified email and is therefore active in the Discourse instance Account may login to Discourse, inactive accounts may not login Inactive accounts can only verify the…

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@sbernhard

Can this be turned off somehow? I would prefer that only admins can do this.

Not that I know of. As I said before only moderators and admins can change these things it is not admin specific as moderators are mean to be trusted users of the site.

Thanks