From 2a9088d571d3422a1c42779e9a0a566938e56309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:55:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updating checkGlobalPrivacySettings middleware to hook into
 write-api for auth

---
 src/middleware/user.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/middleware/user.js b/src/middleware/user.js
index 4b4af39c5f..c2c3bd9dd6 100644
--- a/src/middleware/user.js
+++ b/src/middleware/user.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (middleware) {
 
 	middleware.checkGlobalPrivacySettings = function (req, res, next) {
 		if (!req.user && !!parseInt(meta.config.privateUserInfo, 10)) {
-			return controllers.helpers.notAllowed(req, res);
+			return middleware.authenticate(req, res, next);
 		}
 
 		next();