Secret admins...

[leeman]

I have search the forums ( most likely on wrong things) and haven't found anything like this.

I want to be able to give a member certain access t the admincp WITHOUT moving the person to admingroup.
I don't want the board to know the person have that ability.
And I allso look for a mod where i can restrict access for admins to certain mods in the admincp.....

Hope it makes sence ...

//LeeMan

[Azhrialilu]

Just make a new usergroup with admin permissions, but select it not to show on the forum leaders list... at least..... that's the way i do it.

[leeman]

:$ Well that took care of that .... thanx ...

But is there a mod or sumthin to do when I wanna really controll in admincp what they are allowed to use ... Except for the standard ones ...

Like if they have access to the modifications controls in the admincp ...

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Unless a hack creates a new permission to control admin access, you can not easily control who have access. A lot of hacks don't create a new permission but just '(ab)use' an existing one. It saves a lot of coding and it reduces database modification.

There is however something you can do:
if you open your admincp/index.php you will find blocks of codes with a permission check above them, something like:
if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))
{
$printhr = true;
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['style_manager'], 'template.php?do=modify', '<br />');
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['search_in_templates'], 'template.php?do=search', '<br />');
.........
Everything in this IF block will only be available for people with the ''canadminstyles'' permission.

Now go find the block of code you added for your hack. You can change the 'can......' to another existing permission for which not all admins have permission.

[leeman]

Unless a hack creates a new permission to control admin access, you can not easily control who have access. A lot of hacks don't create a new permission but just '(ab)use' an existing one. It saves a lot of coding and it reduces database modification.

There is however something you can do:
if you open your admincp/index.php you will find blocks of codes with a permission check above them, something like:
if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))
{
$printhr = true;
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['style_manager'], 'template.php?do=modify', '<br />');
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['search_in_templates'], 'template.php?do=search', '<br />');
.........
Everything in this IF block will only be available for people with the ''canadminstyles'' permission.

Now go find the block of code you added for your hack. You can change the 'can......' to another existing permission for which not all admins have permission.


Thanx ....

That did what I wanted to :)

[WetWired]

Unless a hack creates a new permission to control admin access, you can not easily control who have access. A lot of hacks don't create a new permission but just '(ab)use' an existing one. It saves a lot of coding and it reduces database modification.

There is however something you can do:
if you open your admincp/index.php you will find blocks of codes with a permission check above them, something like:
if (can_administer('canadminstyles'))
{
$printhr = true;
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['style_manager'], 'template.php?do=modify', '<br />');
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['search_in_templates'], 'template.php?do=search', '<br />');
.........
Everything in this IF block will only be available for people with the ''canadminstyles'' permission.

Now go find the block of code you added for your hack. You can change the 'can......' to another existing permission for which not all admins have permission.
But doesn't that only effect the navbar? If they knew the URL, they would still be able to access it.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes that is true, if you also want that covered, you would have to look into the script to see if any specific permission is check, and also adjust that.