diff -u3bBNr fudforum.org/adm/admglobal.php fudforum/adm/admglobal.php
--- fudforum.org/adm/admglobal.php	2004-11-14 13:57:35.000000000 -0800
+++ fudforum/adm/admglobal.php	2004-11-14 11:56:36.000000000 -0800
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
 	print_bit_field('New Account Moderation', 'MODERATE_USER_REGS');
 	print_bit_field('New Account Notification', 'NEW_ACCOUNT_NOTIFY');
 	print_bit_field('Public Host Resolving', 'PUBLIC_RESOLVE_HOST');
+# CRG: Default is to allow anonymous users. If TRUE then anonymous users are not allowed and the login screen will be displayed instead
+	print_bit_field('Deny Anonymous Users', 'DENY_ANONYMOUS_USERS');
 
 	print_bit_field('Logged In Users List Enabled', 'LOGEDIN_LIST');
 	print_reg_field('Logged In Users List Timeout (minutes)', 'LOGEDIN_TIMEOUT', 1);
diff -u3bBNr fudforum.org/data/include/GLOBALS_HELP fudforum/data/include/GLOBALS_HELP
--- fudforum.org/data/include/GLOBALS_HELP	2004-11-14 13:57:55.000000000 -0800
+++ fudforum/data/include/GLOBALS_HELP	2004-11-14 13:13:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@
 {{{MODERATED_POST_NOTIFY	FUD_OPT_2	262144
 Notify forum moderators via e-mail when a new message is posted in a forum where a message must first be approved by the moderator before shown to the rest of the visitors.}}}
 
+{{{DENY_ANONYMOUS_USERS	FUD_OPT_4	1
+If YES then anonymous users cannot access the board and the normal login screen is displayed upon initial contact of the forum.}}}
+
 {{{BUST_A_PUNK	FUD_OPT_2	524288
 When a user is banned set a special cookie that will try to make sure that this user remains banned.}}}
 
diff -u3bBNr fudforum.org/data/src/users.inc.t fudforum/data/src/users.inc.t
--- fudforum.org/data/src/users.inc.t	2004-11-14 13:58:22.000000000 -0800
+++ fudforum/data/src/users.inc.t	2004-11-14 13:23:46.000000000 -0800
@@ -643,6 +643,15 @@
 	define('__fud_real_user__', ($u->id != 1 ? $u->id : 0));
 	define('_uid', __fud_real_user__ && ($uo & 131072) && !($uo & 2097152) ? $u->id : 0);
 
+/* CRG */
+/* If anonymous user access is denied AND not a real-user (anonymous) and NOT a login then generate a login form */
+/* NOTE that anonymous check is a negative to make it backword compatible with existing GLOBALS.php files */
+if( ($GLOBALS['FUD_OPT_4'] & 1) && !__fud_real_user__ && $_GET['t'] != 'login') {
+    /* Fake a login for the CGI 't' variable and call ourselvs again exiting with the return code */
+    $_GET['t'] = 'login';
+    return init_user();
+}
+
 	$GLOBALS['sq'] = $sq;
 
 	/* define constants used to track URL sessions & referrals */