Restrict Admin CP vB Options to only allow other Admins to ban email or IP addresses

Restrict Admin CP vBulletin Options - by Erwin
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(Only allow other Admins to ban emails or IP addresses)

As you know, the vBulletin Options section of your Admin CP is very important. From there, you can close or open your forums, change the forum name, and basically control the site. You really do not want anyone else mucking around in it, except for yourself.

On the other hand, you may want to let your other Admins have access to the Banning Section, so that they can ban email domains and IP addresses. You don't want to have to do this all by yourself.

This hack will modify the options.php file in a way that only YOU as the original admin can edit and change all the vBulletin options. However, other admins will NOT be able to see or edit any options EXCEPT that they can only ban emails or IP addresses when they go to the vBulletin Options page.

You only have to make 3 changes to the admin/options.php file.

Enjoy!

Installation text file:

[DWZ]

Originally posted by Goldknight
It s at EVA'2000s site..

http://i4net.tv/marticle/get.php?act...e&articleid=30

Thats a long list

[kmfdm_kid2000]

*Waves* Hi DWZ This is one I'll definitely consider installing...Right now, I restrict access by user ID#...

[Erwin]

So did I for a while, but I wanted to give the other admins and supermods the ability to ban emails and IPs... I don't want to have to do all that. I've had this running for months now, with no problems.

[Chris M]

[high]* Chris M thinks NTLDR was rightish
[/high]

Nice hack Erwin

*installs*

Satan

[Dribbles]

Does this still allow them access to things like modifying users, announcements, etc?

[Erwin]

Yes. This only restricts the vB Option section (where you change the name of forum etc.)

[Pollo]

Erwin, I would guess that this would work with 2.2.9 (and 2.3.0).

Also, just quickly looking through the admin cp, how would this affect:

Forums & Moderators (add/modify/permissions)
Threads & Posts (all options)
Users (all options), and User Titles, Profile Fields, & Groups (all options)
<skip a few admin options>
Styles
Templates, etc.

I haven't given admin access to mods (yet), but feel that the default /mod panel is severely limited (a mod can't even edit a user's signature), so need to give some more control, but obviously am hesitant to give 'too much' control (and wisely so I think), even though (as we all do) I feel all current moderators can be trusted.

If I read your post above correctly, admins would be able to do everything, and this would *only* limit the first link in the admin cp (options), and restrict admins to what the hack allows. While this si good, it seems a rouge admin could do nearly as much damage to a forum by merely killing the templates, etc.

Just need to be sure this si what I want (overall, even besides your hack).

[layfieldb]

Is there an updated version of this hack for 3.0.7?

[zagman76]

-bump-

any word on if this works for 3.0.6...?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by zagman76

any word on if this works for 3.0.6...?

This is a 3 year old hack for vB2. It will not work for vB3 and higher.

Check the vB3 forums to see if there is a hack like this available. (Tip: check the profile of this vB2 hack to see if he ever ported it).