Access

Is there any way that i can limit the access to the forum to users. Basically i want them to view the forum and the main page, also see what topic is new but when they click on that topic or sub forum for it to say user does not have permission etc.

Help! The only way i have been able to do it so far is to restrict their privaledges but this just removes all the topics fro mthe main page and makes it look like theres nothing happening on the site.

ACP -> General -> Forum -> Categories and Forums -> Click forum to edit -> Permissions