Why can users reopen their thread after I close it?

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  • Okuma Steve
    Member
    • May 2010
    • 79

    [Forum] Why can users reopen their thread after I close it?

    I am on 4.2.0 PL2 and whenever I lock a thread the author of thread can re-open it, how do I fix it? Very annoying issue.
  • Amaury
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2012
    • 1807
    • 4.2.X

    #2
    Which group are they from? If they're not from a staff group, check their thread permissions.
    Former vBulletin user

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    • Wayne Luke
      vBulletin Technical Support Lead
      • Aug 2000
      • 73981

      #3
      Check their permissions under Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager. Set the "Can Open/Close Own Threads permission to no. If that doesn't fix it then you have to look at all the custom permissions under Usergroups -> Forum Permissions.
      Translations provided by Google.

      Wayne Luke
      The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
      vBulletin 5 API

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      • Okuma Steve
        Member
        • May 2010
        • 79

        #4
        Originally posted by Wayne Luke
        Check their permissions under Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager. Set the "Can Open/Close Own Threads permission to no. If that doesn't fix it then you have to look at all the custom permissions under Usergroups -> Forum Permissions.
        But I want them to be able to close their own threads if they want to, just not reopen them if a mod or admin closes it

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        Seems to be a new issue, it used to be that if I closed a thread a user couldn't reopen it.

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        • Wayne Luke
          vBulletin Technical Support Lead
          • Aug 2000
          • 73981

          #5
          Originally posted by Okuma Steve
          Seems to be a new issue, it used to be that if I closed a thread a user couldn't reopen it.
          Only if you previously had an addon that prevented this. vBulletin doesn't prevent this by default. It is a known shortcoming.
          Translations provided by Google.

          Wayne Luke
          The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
          vBulletin 5 API

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          • Okuma Steve
            Member
            • May 2010
            • 79

            #6
            I went back and tested it on an old test site and you're right, I can't believe I never had an issue with it until now.

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