Under the "Options" menu, under "Users", is the option "Who can view & post". This page controls who can view and post in this forum. But if this forum has a parent forum and if the parent forum has restrictions, then those restriction will also apply. This means that restrictions are only added as you go down your forum hierarchy. This makes sense because when you set restrictions, you assume that they will apply to all sub-forums as well.
Let's look at a few examples. Suppose you have a forum hierarchy and want to ban anonymous users throughout. You would go to the top forum and select "Registered users can participate". Now suppose that under the top forum, you have an "Official Business" forum where only members of a group should be allowed to post. You would select "Authorized users can participate" for that forum, and you would authorize the members. Now suppose that under that forum, you have an "Announcements" forum where only the organizer should post. The organizer should create that forum and select "Authorized users can participate" for that forum, but this time not authorize anyone else. Now only the owner of the "Announcements" forum is authorized to post here. But suppose you want to allow members to comment on announcements but not to make announcements. Then instead of "Authorized users can participate", use "Everyone can participate, but restricted topics". Note that "Everyone" means everyone who would otherwise be allowed to post. So now within the "Announcements" forum, only the owner can create threads, but all members can reply to those threads.
Go to Options > Users > Who can view & post? in the forum that you want to control.
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