Use the information in this section to solve the following problems:
Go to the channel's Access tab and check whether the channel requires a user password.
Go to the channel's Access tab and check whether Allow only: Invited users is selected. The channel owner must explicitly invite users who want to join an invitation-only channel.
Go to the channel's Access tab. If Allow only: Authenticated users is selected, anonymous users are not allowed to join the channel.
You can use many of the same solutions for this problem as are suggested for "Users can see, but not join, a registered channel." In addition to those suggestions, you can: