No user can do task=registration.activate?

Question

From the page to activate a registered user, I am seeing some unexpected permission messages.

e.g. example.com/web2020/index.php/s-inscrire?task=registration.activate&token=d1ab2d55df409df9fff55899999999

Message:

COM_USERS_REGISTRATION_ACL_ADMIN_ACTIVATION : Please log in to confirm that you are authorised to activate new accounts.

Connection of a "SuperUser"

Error:

JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR : You are not authorised to view this resource.

Shouldn't a super user be allowed to do everything?

This user does not want to View, but to Do something! Shouldn't they receive the following message?

COM_USERS_REGISTRATION_ACL_ADMIN_ACTIVATION_PERMISSIONS You are not authorised to activate new accounts, please log in with a privileged account.

By default, yes, but you have to check your permissions. Check if the activate function has something verifying whether the user has permission or not or your view. — Thiago Guimarães, Apr 18 '20 at 13:53
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Christine Durand-Gasselin · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-20 08:20:41Z

On the site, two menu items lead respectively to

For each menu item, a Viewing Access Level is chosen.

For these menu items, the "Guest" Viewing Access Level would be preferable to the "Public" level because, once logged in, who needs a login screen?

But the "Guest" level will cause the registration procedure to fail ; not the "Public" level.

In the general settings, we ask that the registration of new users be approved by a Site Administrator.

First attempt : the "Guest" level is chosen.

He activates this link; the site answers: COM_USERS_REGISTRATION_ACL_ADMIN_ACTIVATION

The administrator logs in; the site replies: JERROR_ALERTNOAUTHOR and the procedure fails.

In a second attempt, the Viewing Access Level is set to "Public".

The administrator logs in ; the site answers: COM_USERS_REGISTRATION_ADMINACTIVATE_SUCCESS

And the new user receives an email confirming his registration.

Yes, but Guest is the right Viewing Access Level for Registration form and it fails ! — Christine Durand-Gasselin, Apr 18 '20 at 15:56
Please, include <jdoc:include type="mesage" /> in your index.php and see if there's any error. — Thiago Guimarães, Apr 18 '20 at 16:01
If there's any error ,<jdoc:include type="modules" /> will show it to you. You can include this code in your index.php file of your template. — Thiago Guimarães, Apr 18 '20 at 16:07

Christine Durand-Gasselin · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-29 13:14:29Z

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The solution : The administrator must also belong to the Guest group.

answered Apr 29 '20 at 13:14

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