But if you can't edit the admin account and someone else breaks into it, how do you ever change the password once it's been comprimised to re-establish security?

taking everything into account i've never given my password out
and if they have access to everything else they can still do just as much damage to the forums
ie delete all posts

This is so close to what I've been looking for Gary. I need something similar to this that will allow regular members to delete their own accounts from the usercp.

When i use find to try and find the code in the admincp/moderator.php, it cant find it, but because there's two ) on the end of it.

And, when i upload the admincp/moderator.php to my forum, it prvents me from using its other functions, such as Forum Manager>Show all moderators and Forum Manager>Add moderator.

Any thoughts on why? I know for a fact i edited it correctly (the hack itself worked)

Boofo, You drink too much coffee man!

That's why they're backups ... and thank goodness for phpMyAdmin! :ermm:

But you should never be forced to use that approach. ;)

If you have the additional layer of security on your Admin CP such as .htaccess, then I really can't see the problem of uneditable/undeleteable users being able to edit or delete themselves personally..

What about if you had more than one user defined in that variable? Would they all be able to edit/delete each other or only themselves? This is my biggest concern..

Umm...anyone care to answer my above question?