Moodle

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.9
• Fix Version/s: None
• Component/s: Forum
• Labels:

  None
• Environment:

  All

Because function forum_get_subscribe_link() in mod/forum/lib does not check any user capability in states when force-subscribe is set to 'No' (0), it is not possible to use a role or role override to switch off the 'Subscribe to this forum' links. Thus it is not possible to maintain a forum with a fixed list of subscribers (for example, just the teacher) and the students not be able to add themselves to the list.
Note discussion at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=118847

Is this significant enough to warrant a setting FORUM_SUBSCRIBERLISTONLY of is it better to consider an appropriate capability test in (or before entering) forum_get_subscribe_link() ?

Regards,
John

• Assignee:

  moodle.com

  Reporter:

  John White

  Participants:

  John White, moodle.com

• Created:

  17/Mar/09 7:37 PM

  Updated:

  08/Nov/11 1:17 PM