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I have no idea what may have caused this, but tonight I noticed the logged in users group is no longer listed in Admins Only / Groups list. Can this lead to problems? What do you recommend I do? 1.4.0sr2

Concerned,

PWR

Actually, if that group is missing, you wouldn't be able to log in any more ...

Check if the group still exists in the database.

bye, Dirk

Yes, the group exists in the database and we can log in so it seems to be functioning, but it doesn't appear in Groups Manager. I have weekly db backups going back 6 months, also have another geeklog site I can compare db settings to, but I don't know where to look, or what to look for, to correct the situation. Even if this isn't a critical issue, I'd like to restore it to the visible groups so it's not a lingering "situation".

Thanks Dirk, your previous comment was a relief. Now for the tweaking... ??

The group still doesn't appear in Group Admin, but here's my progress in troubleshooting. Any guidance/adivce would be greatly appreciated.

The Group Admin display does in fact have a row for the Logged-in Users Group, which I've determined elsewhere should be group id 13, but it's a very short, blank row, only a few pixels tall. I didn't even notice it until I viewed page source, which revealed empty data fields for that group, but by reading the data from the other groups I can see what's missing. Now, the questions in my mind are "what supplies the data to this .php page, and why isn't it working as expected?"

If I manually enter the url
http://www.pogowasright.org/admin/group.php?mode=edit&grp_id=13
I get the error message "To edit this group, you have to be a member of the group. Please contact the system administrator if you feel this is an error."

Also, I've determined that there's no listing for Logged-in Users on Admins Only / Users / Security Groups, so I can't ensure users are flagged as members of the group.

This is all very informative, but I haven't yet figured it out. Could it be that the group exists but is malfunctioning, that it needs at least one member before it'll appear? I realize if I'm logged in I should be a member automatically, maybe that's where the error lies...???

I'm hoping to clear this up soon, and am appreciative for any/all suggestions.

Okay, as root user I created a new root user. I logged out, then back in as the new root user, and could see the Logged-in Users group. While still logged in as newroot, I edited my original root user account, could see the logged-in user group was available in security groups so selected the appropriate checkbox. I logged out from newroot, logged in as myself, and everything seems right.

I had somehow been removed from the logged-in usergroup, now I suppose I have to go through the entire user database and make sure all users are assigned to the group. When I created the new user he was put in the logged-in group, by default, as expected, and that was the key I needed to unlock the answer to my problem.

At least now I understand what needs to be done. I'm leaving all these updates on the forum so others with a similar problem might find them via search.