Index: trunk/kernel/include/usersession.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r7413 -r7884
--- trunk/kernel/include/usersession.php	(.../usersession.php)	(revision 7413)
+++ trunk/kernel/include/usersession.php	(.../usersession.php)	(revision 7884)
@@ -638,22 +638,22 @@
 	{
           global $objConfig, $objUsers;
 
+          $val = '';
           $UserID = $this->Get("PortalUserId");
-          if(is_numeric($UserID))
-          {
-            if(!is_object($this->CurrentUser))
-            {
+          if (is_numeric($UserID)) {
+            if (!is_object($this->CurrentUser)) {
                 $this->CurrentUser = $objUsers->GetItem($UserID);
             }
-            if(!$this->CurrentUser->VarsLoaded)
-            {
+            if (!$this->CurrentUser->VarsLoaded) {
                 $this->CurrentUser->LoadPersistantVars();
             }
             $val = $this->CurrentUser->GetPersistantVariable($variableName);
             //echo "Persistant Val for $variableName: $val<br>";
           }
-          if(!strlen($val))
+          if (!strlen($val)) {
               $val =  $objConfig->Get($variableName);
+          }
+          
           return $val;
 	}
 
Index: trunk/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r7855 -r7884
--- trunk/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php	(.../cache_updater.php)	(revision 7855)
+++ trunk/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php	(.../cache_updater.php)	(revision 7884)
@@ -105,25 +105,13 @@
 	function GetInsertSQL()
 	{
 		$values = array();
-
-		$has_deny = array();
-
-		// don't write DACL at all
-		/*foreach ($this->Deny as $perm => $groups) {
-			if (count($groups) > 0) {
-				$values[] = '('.$this->CatId.', '.$perm.', "", "'.join(',', $groups).'")';
-				$has_deny[] = $perm;
-			}
-		}*/
-
 		foreach ($this->Allow as $perm => $groups) {
-//			if (in_array($perm, $has_deny)) continue;
 			if (count($groups) > 0) {
-				$values[] = '(' .$this->CatId. ', ' .$perm. ', "' .join(',', $groups). '", "")';
+				$values[] = '(' .$this->CatId. ', ' .$perm. ', "' .join(',', $groups). '")';
 			}
 		}
 		if (!$values) return '';
-		$sql = 'INSERT INTO '.TABLE_PREFIX.'PermCache (CategoryId, PermId, ACL, DACL) VALUES '.join(',', $values);
+		$sql = 'INSERT INTO '.TABLE_PREFIX.'PermCache (CategoryId, PermId, ACL) VALUES '.join(',', $values);
 		return $sql;
 	}
 }