Can a moderator for a certain forum make a moderator for that forum only? And can a moderator for a forum only do things for that forum? Sounds like a dumb question.

Normally no.
The default color for a admin is red but somebody could change your color to red. Meaning a person with cp access.

A moderator normally is just that, they moderate a forum they are assigned to and can't assign someone else as a moderator.
There are some permission settings but basically they can approve/move/edit posts.
To go beyond that then they would be assigned cp access. And like I said before. even still there permissions are limited unless they are placed in the admin group. And still they don't have all the powers that a super admin has.


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