From a19537dc25e406a98048a561f45b3b321c9d3509 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Baris Usakli <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:04:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] closes #6137

---
 install/data/defaults.json | 3 ++-
 src/flags.js               | 4 ++--
 src/privileges/posts.js    | 2 +-
 test/controllers-admin.js  | 7 ++++---
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/data/defaults.json b/install/data/defaults.json
index 79fbcf07f4..9e08416ce6 100644
--- a/install/data/defaults.json
+++ b/install/data/defaults.json
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
     "unreadCutoff": 2,
     "bookmarkThreshold": 5,
     "topicsPerList": 20,
-    "autoDetectLang": 1
+    "autoDetectLang": 1,
+    "privileges:flag": 0
 }
diff --git a/src/flags.js b/src/flags.js
index 093757251b..4118cf8fb2 100644
--- a/src/flags.js
+++ b/src/flags.js
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Flags.validate = function (payload, callback) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 1;
+				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 0;
 				// Check if reporter meets rep threshold (or can edit the target post, in which case threshold does not apply)
 				if (!editable.flag && parseInt(data.reporter.reputation, 10) < minimumReputation) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag]]'));
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Flags.validate = function (payload, callback) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
 
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 1;
+				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 0;
 				// Check if reporter meets rep threshold (or can edit the target user, in which case threshold does not apply)
 				if (!editable && parseInt(data.reporter.reputation, 10) < minimumReputation) {
 					return callback(new Error('[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag]]'));
diff --git a/src/privileges/posts.js b/src/privileges/posts.js
index f2bfe38428..b157fa798b 100644
--- a/src/privileges/posts.js
+++ b/src/privileges/posts.js
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ module.exports = function (privileges) {
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (results, next) {
-				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 1;
+				var minimumReputation = utils.isNumber(meta.config['privileges:flag']) ? parseInt(meta.config['privileges:flag'], 10) : 0;
 				var canFlag = results.isAdminOrMod || parseInt(results.userReputation, 10) >= minimumReputation;
 				next(null, { flag: canFlag });
 			},
diff --git a/test/controllers-admin.js b/test/controllers-admin.js
index 4a82ceb50c..74cb521bc1 100644
--- a/test/controllers-admin.js
+++ b/test/controllers-admin.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var topics = require('../src/topics');
 var user = require('../src/user');
 var groups = require('../src/groups');
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
+var meta = require('../src/meta');
 
 describe('Admin Controllers', function () {
 	var tid;
@@ -491,7 +492,6 @@ describe('Admin Controllers', function () {
 	});
 
 	it('should load /recent in maintenance mode', function (done) {
-		var meta = require('../src/meta');
 		meta.config.maintenanceMode = 1;
 		request(nconf.get('url') + '/api/recent', { jar: jar, json: true }, function (err, res, body) {
 			assert.ifError(err);
@@ -554,15 +554,16 @@ describe('Admin Controllers', function () {
 
 		it('should error with not enough reputation to flag', function (done) {
 			var socketFlags = require('../src/socket.io/flags');
-
+			var oldValue = meta.config['privileges:flag'];
+			meta.config['privileges:flag'] = 1000;
 			socketFlags.create({ uid: regularUid }, { id: pid, type: 'post', reason: 'spam' }, function (err) {
 				assert.equal(err.message, '[[error:not-enough-reputation-to-flag]]');
+				meta.config['privileges:flag'] = oldValue;
 				done();
 			});
 		});
 
 		it('should return flag details', function (done) {
-			var meta = require('../src/meta');
 			var socketFlags = require('../src/socket.io/flags');
 			var oldValue = meta.config['privileges:flag'];
 			meta.config['privileges:flag'] = 0;