Permissions

Pybb allow you to manage permissions by overwriting a Permission handler. See PYBB_PERMISSION_HANDLER setting.

Below are the current pybb permissions managed by the default Permission handler for each type of “user”.

Permissions for anonymous:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	no	no
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view other on moderation topic	no	no
view other on moderation post	yes	no
add post in normal topic	no	no
add post in on moderation topic	no	no
add post in closed topic	no	no
edit own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit other post	no	no
delete own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete other post	no	no
close and unclose topic	no	no
stick and unstick topic	no	no
manage moderators	no	no

Permissions for a logged-in user:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	no	no
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	yes	yes
view own on moderation post	yes	yes
view other on moderation topic	no	no
view other on moderation post	yes	no
add post in normal topic	yes	yes
add post in on moderation topic	no	no
add post in closed topic	no	no
edit own normal post	yes	yes
edit own on moderation post	yes	yes
edit other post	no	no
delete own normal post	yes	yes
delete own on moderation post	yes	yes
delete other post	no	no
close and unclose topic	no	no
stick and unstick topic	no	no
manage moderators	no	no

Permissions for a moderator of the current forum:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	no	no
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view other on moderation topic	yes	yes
view other on moderation post	yes	yes
add post in normal topic	yes	yes
add post in on moderation topic	yes	yes
add post in closed topic	yes	yes
edit own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit other post	yes	yes
delete own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete other post	yes	yes
close and unclose topic	yes	yes
stick and unstick topic	yes	yes
manage moderators	no	no

Permissions for a “is_staff” user without pybb permissions:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	yes	yes
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view other on moderation topic	no	no
view other on moderation post	yes	no
add post in normal topic	yes	yes
add post in on moderation topic	no	no
add post in closed topic	no	no
edit own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit other post	no	no
delete own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete other post	no	no
close and unclose topic	no	no
stick and unstick topic	no	no
manage moderators	yes	yes

Permissions for a “is_staff” user with pybb permissions:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	yes	yes
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view other on moderation topic	yes	yes
view other on moderation post	yes	yes
add post in normal topic	yes	yes
add post in on moderation topic	yes	yes
add post in closed topic	yes	yes
edit own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit other post	yes	yes
delete own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete other post	yes	yes
close and unclose topic	yes	yes
stick and unstick topic	yes	yes
manage moderators	yes	yes

Permissions for superuser:

action	can do with PREMODERATION False	can do with PREMODERATION True
view normal forum	yes	yes
view hidden forum	yes	yes
view other topic	yes	yes
view other post	yes	yes
view own on moderation topic	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
view other on moderation topic	yes	yes
view other on moderation post	yes	yes
add post in normal topic	yes	yes
add post in on moderation topic	yes	yes
add post in closed topic	yes	yes
edit own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
edit other post	yes	yes
delete own normal post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete own on moderation post	see logged-in user	see logged-in user
delete other post	yes	yes
close and unclose topic	yes	yes
stick and unstick topic	yes	yes
manage moderators	yes	yes