On a normal node/edit page we have the vertical tabs at bottom if there is permission to access the things offered by the modules, such as node sceduling. Well and good, but what about if the permissions are there, but for some reason the $form['options']['#access']=FALSE?
How do I find where that FALSE is coming from?
Note: this is not for Admin, but for a user > Authenticated, < Admin.
In the end I used a tweak to the form_alter and overrode the permissions, via
Where $rolevar is a binary ANDed sum of the roles for the user, ie. any user with a role greater than Authenticated.