Multiple account login detector (AE Detector)

If you are like me and migrated from .threads, a common modification was an "AE detector", a simple mod that saved a cookie of a history of ids logged into on your site. If someone logged into more than one account, you got a PM letting you know that your site was being accessed from multiple accounts.

Over the years this was very helpful in identifying users who were posting under multiple accounts (alter-egos!) and users who would return after being banned.

You might be wondering why I don't use the vbcookie call - well, thats because on logout all vB cookies are cleared, so we need to store a cookie that is not effected by the login/logout process.

New Installation
1. Add New Product with attached XML
2. Go to vBulletin Options -> AE Multiple Login Detection Settings and set your specific settings.

Time to install: Easy - 2 minutes.

Upgrade
If you installed this as a Plug-in manually, you can delete that plugin and install this Product, just make sure to go into the Options and set them accordingly.

I hope you find this useful and will click INSTALL if you use it; should it prove useful to enough people I can look at making this installation more automated without the need for edits and an Admin Options page.

To upgrade you will want to reimport this XML file and edit your options accordingly.

1.0.3
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. Added a check to ensure that users weren't deleted when reporting violations
. added htmlspecialchars_uni call to username

Note: I am unable to get the call to construct_phrase with $vbphrase['multiplelogin_alert'] to work reliably, as such the $message variable is still set manually inside the plug-in and not via the phrase. If anyone has an idea of why this might not always work, I'm all ears.

1.0.2
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. Updated to include exclusion groups, users
. Changed so PM is sent by ae sender id

1.0.1
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. Released as a Product (thank you PHPGeek2k3 for your help)
. Added option to post to a forum versus send a PM (or both)
. All settings moved into Admin Option

1.0.0
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Initial release.

[LittleBoy1]

Please Help me, Forgotten to me to add the direction and now it does not let to me enter the Admincp and I cannot do nothing!

Mesage:

Mensaje de vBulletin

No se pudo agregar las cookies, los encabezados ya han sido enviados.
Archivo: /home/domains/mjjlatino.net/web/includes/functions_login.php(168) : eval()'d code
L?nea: 1

[Snatch]

I have the same prblem and now I can not login by my selfe to disable the Plugin

[Snatch]

Originally Posted by LittleBoy1

Please Help me, Forgotten to me to add the direction and now it does not let to me enter the Admincp and I cannot do nothing!

Mesage:

Mensaje de vBulletin

No se pudo agregar las cookies, los encabezados ya han sido enviados.
Archivo: /home/domains/mjjlatino.net/web/includes/functions_login.php(168) : eval()'d code
L?nea: 1

Edit your config.php and insert this

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', 1);

Than enter the AdminCP, disable the Plugin and delet the code from your config.php.

GreeTz
Snatch

[Snatch]

what does this means ?

line 47: set the list of recipients usernames ('mod1;mod2;mod3;mod4')

GreeTz
Snatch

[vampireus]

Originally Posted by Snatch

what does this means ?

line 47: set the list of recipients usernames ('mod1;mod2;mod3;mod4')


GreeTz
Snatch

Username of recipients who you want to receive the PM

[MPDev]

With some help from PHPGeek2k3, I've converted this into a product to be installed. Options are in Admin Option for AE Detector.

[Iain M]

nice

[high]* Iain M clicks install[/high]

[katholic]

Edit...Never mind I guess I should have installed it first lmao.....Nice work!!

[gulldarek]

There is one problem. There are many public computers where people can log in like libraries, schools, universities, internet cafes etc. So I guess that each case should be carefully put in the picture.

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by gulldarek

There is one problem. There are many public computers where people can log in like libraries, schools, universities, internet cafes etc. So I guess that each case should be carefully put in the picture.

If that is the case on your site, then this mod may not be well suited for your site.