You are not allowed to adopt caches

[andrixnet]

OCNA users report being denied adoptions. The "cache adoption" page displayes the banner:

You are not allowed to adopt caches.

If the user selects one of his/her own cache to put up for adoption one gets the error:

Selected user is not elligible to adopt geocaches

Tested with multiple users and contexts.

Note (not sure if relevant): OCNA has the following rules: $NEED_FIND_LIMIT=-1; $NEED_APPROVE_LIMIT = 99999999;

On OCRO I could not reproduce the behavious, with the followind difference in config: $NEED_APPROVE_LIMIT = 0;

If I set on OCRO $NEED_APPROVE_LIMIT to the same value as OCNA, I get the same problem.

AFAIK cache approval is for publishing new caches, I don't see why it blocks adoption like this.

[rapotek]

Currently user cannot adopt a cache if she/he comes under OC Team verification. With given high limit (99999999) every user comes under verifiication so nobody can adopt a cache. There are no separate limits for a cache publication and adoption, it looks like there should be ones.

[andrixnet]

IMO adoptions should be possible either for all active users or something like the following:

• user is active (fully registered user) and is not blocked by OC Team
• OC Team verification rules should apply to publishing only
• if site has MIN_FINDS > 0 rule to allow hiding, then do not allow adoption, with possibility for OC Team to set individual exemption.