Only check permissions if permissions are enabled.

cms/templatetags/cms_admin.py

@@ -80,13 +80,21 @@ def boolean_icon(value):
 
 @register.filter
 def is_restricted(page, request):
-    all_perms = get_any_page_view_permissions(request, page)
-    icon = boolean_icon(all_perms.exists())
-    return mark_safe(
-        ugettext('<span title="Restrictions: %(title)s">%(icon)s</span>') % {
-            'title': u', '.join((perm.get_grant_on_display() for perm in all_perms)) or None,
-            'icon': icon,
-        })
+    if settings.CMS_PERMISSION:
+        all_perms = get_any_page_view_permissions(request, page)
+        icon = boolean_icon(all_perms.exists())
+        return mark_safe(
+            ugettext('<span title="Restrictions: %(title)s">%(icon)s</span>') % {
+                'title': u', '.join((perm.get_grant_on_display() for perm in all_perms)) or None,
+                'icon': icon,
+            })
+    else:
+        icon = boolean_icon(None)
+        return mark_safe(
+            ugettext('<span title="Restrictions: %(title)s">%(icon)s</span>') % {
+                'title': None,
+                'icon': icon,
+            })
 
 @register.filter
 def moderator_choices(page, user):    

cms/utils/admin.py

@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ def get_admin_menu_item_context(request, page, filtered=False):
     moderator_state = moderator.page_moderator_state(request, page)
     has_add_on_same_level_permission = False
     opts = Page._meta
-    if (request.user.has_perm(opts.app_label + '.' + opts.get_add_permission()) and
-            GlobalPagePermission.objects.with_user(request.user).filter(can_add=True, sites__in=[page.site_id])):
-            has_add_on_same_level_permission = True
+    if settings.CMS_PERMISSION:
+        if (request.user.has_perm(opts.app_label + '.' + opts.get_add_permission()) and
+                GlobalPagePermission.objects.with_user(request.user).filter(can_add=True, sites__in=[page.site_id])):
+                has_add_on_same_level_permission = True
 
     if not has_add_on_same_level_permission and page.parent_id:
         has_add_on_same_level_permission = permissions.has_generic_permission(page.parent_id, request.user, "add", page.site)