hide automatic alias checkbox to anonymous and authenticated users

Its the 'create url aliases' permission.

I tried to repeat the bug. Here are the steps I followed.

1. Install pathauto (and path and token)
2. Allow anonymous users to post page nodes, but do not give them "create url aliases"
3. Log out of site and go to node/add/page
4. Result is I do not see the field you mention - screenshot_032.png

If I log in as uid 1 I see screenshot_033.png

If I grant "create url aliases" to the anonymous user then they see the checkbox and "URL path settings" fieldset on nodes.

Its doubtful something is wrong with the code seeing as no one else has reported this issue with pathauto. The best advice I can give you is it is likely some other module interfering with the form, so you'll want to disable groups of modules to see if you can narrow down the offending module.

I'm having the same problem. I have several content types certain roles should be able to enter/modify. For those i want limited access to the nodes.

Weird enough: when editing one content type, the pathauto setting does not show up while it does for the other. No role is given the permission to set pathauto.

Sorry. Same problem here. No one has permission to set the url alias except superadministrator, and that annoying little checkbox is still showing up on all my node/add forms.

I wonder what the offending module is... maybe Jammer?

Correct. It's the combination with Jammer.

(Jammer just removes the whole of $form['path'] in its hook_form_alter() implementation.
That's fine if it runs after pathauto. However if it runs before pathauto, $form['path'] is first emptied, and then pathauto puts the checkbox there.)

Fix: #886930: Play nice with Pathauto

Does anyone know a sollution for this?

subscribe (all module *should* allow to display / not display a field in 'access right')

Something I've noticed which I think is relevant here, and may help out one or two others out there:
I have noticed that if I unset($form['path']) via the form_alter hook function, then the "Automatic alias ...An alias will be generated for you. If you wish to create your own alias below, uncheck this option." content shows up - regardless of the fact that the user doesn't have permissions to 'create url aliases'.

Kind of interesting ...

As a workaround I was able to hide this with '$form['path']['#access'] = FALSE;' in hook_form_alter().

$form['path']['#access'] = FALSE destroy the pathauto_perform_alias form element, so new nodes get no alias.
how to hide this field while keeping it active?

I cannot confirm the issue. Please file a new bug report with conditions to reproduce using just Drupal core + Token + Pathauto.

I apologize.
This sentence really works.
Thank you!

I had the same problem. I simply went into Jammer settings and unselected the node type being affected under Remove the path options on content types: After saving it I went back in and selected it again. This has got rid of it.