diff --git a/install/perm_upgrade.php b/install/perm_upgrade.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a853ea37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/perm_upgrade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+
+function perm_limits_upgrade($channel) {
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'view_stream',$channel['channel_r_stream']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'view_profile',$channel['channel_r_profile']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'view_contacts',$channel['channel_r_abook']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'view_storage',$channel['channel_r_storage']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'view_pages',$channel['channel_r_pages']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'send_stream',$channel['channel_w_stream']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'post_wall',$channel['channel_w_wall']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'post_comments',$channel['channel_w_comment']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'post_mail',$channel['channel_w_mail']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'post_like',$channel['channel_w_like']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'tag_deliver',$channel['channel_w_tagwall']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'chat',$channel['channel_w_chat']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'write_storage',$channel['channel_w_storage']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'write_pages',$channel['channel_w_pages']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'republish',$channel['channel_a_republish']);
+	perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel['channel_id'],'delegate',$channel['channel_a_delegate']);
+}
+
+
+function perm_limits_upgrade_create($channel_id,$perm,$perm_limit) {
+	$r = q("insert into perm_limits ( perm, channel_id, perm_limit ) 
+		values ( '%s', %d, %d ) ",
+		dbesc($perm),
+		intval($channel_id),
+		intval($perm_limit)
+	);
+}
+
+
+function perm_abook_upgrade($abook) {
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','view_stream',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_R_STREAM)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','view_profile',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_R_PROFILE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','view_contacts',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_R_ABOOK)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','view_storage',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_R_STORAGE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','view_pages',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_R_PAGES)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','send_stream',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_STREAM)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','post_wall',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_WALL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','post_comments',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_COMMENT)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','post_mail',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_MAIL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','post_like',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_LIKE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','tag_deliver',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_TAGWALL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','chat',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_CHAT)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','write_storage',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_STORAGE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','write_pages',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_W_PAGES)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','republish',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_A_REPUBLISH)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'their_perms','delegate',intval(($abook['their_perms'] & PERMS_A_DELEGATE)? 1 : 0));
+
+
+
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','view_stream',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_R_STREAM)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','view_profile',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_R_PROFILE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','view_contacts',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_R_ABOOK)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','view_storage',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_R_STORAGE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','view_pages',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_R_PAGES)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','send_stream',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_STREAM)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','post_wall',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_WALL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','post_comments',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_COMMENT)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','post_mail',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_MAIL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','post_like',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_LIKE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','tag_deliver',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_TAGWALL)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','chat',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_CHAT)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','write_storage',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_STORAGE)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','write_pages',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_W_PAGES)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','republish',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_A_REPUBLISH)? 1 : 0));
+	set_abconfig($abook['abook_channel'],$abook['abook_hash'],'my_perms','delegate',intval(($abook['my_perms'] & PERMS_A_DELEGATE)? 1 : 0));
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/install/schema_mysql.sql b/install/schema_mysql.sql
index d2a5ac85e..223f94162 100644
--- a/install/schema_mysql.sql
+++ b/install/schema_mysql.sql
@@ -903,6 +903,19 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pconfig` (
   UNIQUE KEY `access` (`uid`,`cat`,`k`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
+
+create table if not exists perm_limits {
+	id int(10) not null AUTO_INCREMENT,
+	perm varchar(64) not null default '',
+	channel_id int(10) unsigned not null default 0,
+	perm_limit int(10) unsigned not null default 0,
+	PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  	KEY `perm` (`perm`),
+  	KEY `channel_id` (`channel_id`),
+	KEY `perm_limit` (`perm_limit`)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `aid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index 3cb5010eb..865555b00 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -2360,4 +2360,59 @@ function update_r1178() {
 	if($r1)
 		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+
+function update_r1179() {
+
+	require_once('install/perm_upgrade.php');
+
+	if(ACTIVE_DBTYPE == DBTYPE_POSTGRES) {
+		$r1 = q("create table perm_limits (
+			id serial NOT NULL,
+			perm varchar(64) not null default '',
+			channel_id int(10) unsigned not null default 0,
+			perm_limit int(10) unsigned not null default 0 )");
+ 		$r2 = q("create index \"idx_perm\" on perm_limits (\"perm\") ");
+ 		$r3 = q("create index \"idx_channel_id\" on perm_limits (\"channel_id\") ");
+ 		$r4 = q("create index \"idx_perm_limit\" on perm_limits (\"perm_limit\") ");
+
+
+		$r = $r1 && $r2 && $r3 && $r4;
+	}
+
+	else {
+		$r1 = q("create table if not exists perm_limits {
+			id int(10) not null AUTO_INCREMENT,
+			perm varchar(64) not null default '',
+			channel_id int(10) unsigned not null default 0,
+			perm_limit int(10) unsigned not null default 0,
+			PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  			KEY `perm` (`perm`),
+  			KEY `channel_id` (`channel_id`),
+			KEY `perm_limit` (`perm_limit`)
+		) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 ");
+
+		$r = $r1;
+	}
+
+	$r1 = q("select * from channel where true");
+	if($r1) {
+		foreach($r1 as $rr) {
+			perm_limits_upgrade($rr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	$r2 = q("select * from abook where true");
+	if($r2) {
+		foreach($r2 as $rr) {
+			perm_abook_upgrade($rr);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	$r = $r && $r1 && $r2;
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+
+
 }
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