diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2417a7db6821be817c6699a351bbb6e23f34c8a2..994902e3c01cfb2f5be56aa87bccd8b6bac2fe04 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ Following changes may create regression for some external modules, but were nece
 * Removed Societe::set_commnucation_level (was deprecated in 4.0). Was not used.
 * Removed the trigger file of PAYPAL module that stored data that was not used by Dolibarr. The trigger event still
   exists, but if an external module need action on it, it must provides itself its trigger file.
-* Use $conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_TRANSVERSE_MODE instead $conf->multicompany->transverse_mode
+* Use $conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_TRANSVERSE_MODE instead $conf->multicompany->transverse_mode. So, if you set var
+  $multicompany_transverse_mode to 1 into your conf file, you must remove this line and a new key into 
+  the Home - setup - other admin page. 
 * Use getEntity('xxx') instead getEntity('xxx', 1) and use getEntity('xxx', 0) instead getEntity('xxx')
+* Some other change were done in the way we read permission of a user when module multicompany is enabled. You can 
+  retreive the old behavior by adding constant MULTICOMPANY_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY to 1.
 * The hook formObjectOptions was not implemented correctly in previous version. Sometimes, you had to return output 
 content by doing a print into function, sometimes by returning content into "resprint". This has been fixed to follow
 hook specifications so you must return output into "resprint".
diff --git a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
index 577a6389b6fe93b1bc45eb38dae914a5c4893c3f..77ee103db631bcf47ef7f14613645ef9c6c7f0c3 100644
--- a/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/user/class/user.class.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 			if (!empty($conf->multicompany->enabled) && !empty($conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_TRANSVERSE_MODE))
 				$sql.= " WHERE u.entity IS NOT NULL";    // multicompany is on in transverse mode or user making fetch is on entity 0, so user is allowed to fetch anywhere into database
 			else
-				$sql.= " WHERE u.entity IN (0, ".($entity!=''?$entity:$conf->entity).")";   // search in entity provided in parameter
+				$sql.= " WHERE u.entity IN (0, ".(($entity!='' && $entity >= 0)?$entity:$conf->entity).")";   // search in entity provided in parameter
 		}
 
 		if ($sid)    // permet une recherche du user par son SID ActiveDirectory ou Samba
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		{
 			$sql.= " AND u.rowid = ".$id;
 		}
-        $sql.= " ORDER BY u.entity ASC";    // Avoid random result when there is 2 login in 2 different entities
-
+		$sql.= " ORDER BY u.entity ASC";    // Avoid random result when there is 2 login in 2 different entities
+		
 		$result = $this->db->query($sql);
 		if ($result)
 		{
@@ -662,7 +662,14 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		$sql.= " FROM ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."user_rights as ur";
 		$sql.= ", ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."rights_def as r";
 		$sql.= " WHERE r.id = ur.fk_id";
-		$sql.= " AND ur.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+		if (! empty($conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY))
+		{
+			$sql.= " AND r.entity IN (0,".(! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled) && ! empty($conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_TRANSVERSE_MODE)?"1,":"").$conf->entity.")";
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$sql.= " AND ur.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+		}
 		$sql.= " AND ur.fk_user= ".$this->id;
 		$sql.= " AND r.perms IS NOT NULL";
 		if ($moduletag) $sql.= " AND r.module = '".$this->db->escape($moduletag)."'";
@@ -708,8 +715,19 @@ class User extends CommonObject
 		$sql.= " ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."usergroup_user as gu,";
 		$sql.= " ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX."rights_def as r";
 		$sql.= " WHERE r.id = gr.fk_id";
-		$sql.= " AND gr.entity = ".$conf->entity;
-		$sql.= " AND r.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+		if (! empty($conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY))
+		{
+			if (! empty($conf->multicompany->enabled) && ! empty($conf->global->MULTICOMPANY_TRANSVERSE_MODE)) {
+				$sql.= " AND gu.entity IN (0,".$conf->entity.")";
+			} else {
+				$sql.= " AND r.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$sql.= " AND gr.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+			$sql.= " AND r.entity = ".$conf->entity;
+		}
 		$sql.= " AND gr.fk_usergroup = gu.fk_usergroup";
 		$sql.= " AND gu.fk_user = ".$this->id;
 		$sql.= " AND r.perms IS NOT NULL";