Miscellaneous Hacks - CES Cookie Cutter - Share Cookies Across Domains

CES Cookie Cutter
vBulletin 3.6.x, 3.7.x, & 3.8.x supported
Version: 1.2.3

*** NEWS ***
4/13/2009 - create 3.8.x thread

Known Issues:
- none

What It Does:
Shares cookies among domains for seamless vBulletin login/logout functionality across multiple domains.

Basically if you have more than one domain name, or you have private forums scattered among domains, and all vBulletin instances use the same vBulletin database, this hack allows for integrated, synchronized login/logout on all domains at once.

Products to Install: 1
Plugins Included: 3
Files to Upload: 1
Templates to Edit: 0
Files to Edit: 0

Mod Features:
- Adds a field in vBulletin Options to enter multiple forum URLs
- Integrates login/logout functionality at all forum locations
- safety cookie settings available for users who left their cookie domain blank in vBulletin cookie options

Changelog:
Version 1.2.3:
- bug fix: only logouts integrate

* This mod is offered for free here. Please donate if you like this mod *

[RaZor Edge]

Hi!

Do you known if this is working well with Vbadvanced?

What happen with "Who's Online " when using this mod? Does it show exactly what domain the user is on?

Thanks!

[thincom2000]

I'm not sure that vbAdvanced would have any effect on this mod, so I expect the two to play well together.

Who's Online doesn't show what domain the user is on. The mod only provides login integration.

[Wilfred1]

This has been great on two sites that I have - one live and one test site.

The only issue I have found is that when you log out of one site it doesn't log you out of the other

Any ideas - and thanks for a great mod!

[|Jordan|]

This mod works half the time.

During my browser session, if i log out and log back into the primary domain, then im logged into both domains. But if i close my browser session and go back to the secondary domain, i'm not logged in and if i try logging in, i get invalid password error.

Any idea how to fix this? Both domains point to the same forum.

[thincom2000]

@|Jordan|, this sounds like a browser issue I've been having lately. When I close my Firefox session and come back to vbulletin.org, I'm not logged in even though I had "Save?" checked at my last login.

This mod doesn't change anything that would cause a password error.

[footose]

This mod messed up my forum, even after uninstall. Can't login, Can't delete posts, Can't access AdminCP.

Keeps asking for password over and over again.

[azn_romeo_4u]

Quick question...what is the danger of using this mod? Seems kinda dangerous to be sharing cookies or whatever is going *notice i'm a noob*

[thincom2000]

With respect to the cookies themselves, there is no more danger than usual. "Sharing cookies" does not mean that they can be used everywhere - by inherent design cookies only work on the domain they were created on anyway. This mod just creates extra cookies on domains you specify.

The most dangerous part of using this mod is related to improper configuration. You always need to be careful when modifying your forum's cookie settings. Having them set wrong could prevent you from being able to log in entirely. Additionally, many people just uninstall mods when they aren't working right. If you uninstall this mod when your cookie settings are wrong, you will make the problem worse and even harder to fix.

While you can just restore a database backup (technically you should make one before installing any mod), I would not recommend that anyone unfamiliar with repairing vBulletin installations use this mod.

[Wilfred1]

Hi Thincom
Is this going to be updated for v4.0.3?

Just tried it on 2 sites one with v4.0.3 and one with v3.8.5 and it only works one way

[thincom2000]

vBulletin > 4.0.2 uses different sign-on hashing than vBulletin 3.8.x. So unfortunately you would not be able to do this.

Also for the most part, completely separate installations of vBulletin would have different general and user salts even if the user name and password are the same. This mod is really only for one installation of vBulletin that you can access from more than 1 domain or sub-domain.