vb.org Archive - Only Superadministrators can edit undeletables

I searched the forums and couldn't find anything quite like this, so I figured I'd share this simple little modification.

This is a VERY simple hack I implemented on my forum so that we could prevent other administrators from modifying other admins user accounts.

It works by simply bypassing the Undeleteable Check in /admincp/user.php if the currently logged in user is in the superadministrator list in /includes/config.php.

By doing this, you can put all your admins or other users in the Undeleteable catagory for account protection while still allowing them to be altered by a master administrator.

They can still update and change their profile via the UserCP, they just wont be able to modify their account via AdminCP.

Please note, I'm not a coder.. more of modifier, so I cannot guarantee that this will not have any unforseen and less than desirable side effects. If any of you know of a reason that this is a bad idea, please post. Otherwise, hopefully someone else can find this useful.

Instructions:

in /admincp/user.php
Find this:

PHP Code:


		
			
$noalter = explode(',', $undeletableusers);

    if (!empty($noalter[0]) AND in_array($userid, $noalter))

    {

        print_stop_message('user_is_protected_from_alteration_by_undeletableusers_var');

    }

Replace with this:

PHP Code:


		
			
if (in_array($bbuserinfo['userid'], preg_split('#\s*,\s*#s', $superadministrators, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY)))

  {

      //do nothing

  }

  else

  {

  $noalter = explode(',', $undeletableusers);

    if (!empty($noalter[0]) AND in_array($userid, $noalter))

    {

        print_stop_message('user_is_protected_from_alteration_by_undeletableusers_var');

    }

  }

Now just open your /includes/config.php file and add the UID's of your undeletables and Superadministrators.

Thats it.

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