Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Unalterable Admins Can Edit Themselves

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|| Unalterable Admins Can Edit Themselves
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Co-Author(s) : Andreas
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jan 31, 2009
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|| Time required to install: 30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

Allows unalterable administrators to modify their own accounts (with the exception of the password, usergroup and membergroups) via admincp.

STATISTICS

Products to Install: 1


VERSION HISTORY

1.0.5
[+] Ported to vBulletin 3.7.x - 3.8.x.

1.0.4
[+] The modification is now compatible with vBulletin 3.6.4 - a plugin code change was required due to changed format of CVS_REVISION constant.
[+] It is no more possible for an uneditable admin to modify the usergroup(s) he or she belongs to.

1.0.3
[+] The modification is now officially compatible with vBulletin 3.6.0 and above.
[+] The modification is now a product rather than a plugin, and it supports version check.

1.0.2
[+] Added restriction to prevent code from executing anywhere but within user.php.
[+] Added restriction to prevent alteration of password for unalterable administrators.

1.0.1
This is now a plugin instead of a code hack. Cheers to Andreas.

1.0.0
First Public Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Perfect thx !

But it seems i can edit my own Password ... :/

Are you sure you are unalterable and that you are using admincp to edit your password?

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

Are you sure you are unalterable and that you are using admincp to edit your password?

1. Sure.

2. Sure.

$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '1';

[Abe1]

I installed and still get the error 'Sorry, this user is protected from being altered in the config.php file by the $config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] variable.'. I have 3 users in this variable.

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by Abe1

I installed and still get the error 'Sorry, this user is protected from being altered in the config.php file by the $config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] variable.'. I have 3 users in this variable.

Me not ..... i have only 1 User in this Variable.

[Stoebi]

UserID 1 is really your ID?

Thank you very much Psionic Vision. No suspected behavior, your hack is working fine here.

Regards, Stoebi

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by redlabour

1. Sure.

2. Sure.

$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '1';

Yeah, are you sure that userid 1 is actually your userid? It's working fine on my board.

[COBRAws]

Where is the coder of the month link?? xD

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by COBRAws

Where is the coder of the month link?? xD

I don't think there is such thing, but thanks.

[da420]

Can an unalterable admin change his own usergroup. Say if someone somehow gets access to your account, can you be taken off the Admin spot without FTP access after someone went in and did their damage?

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by da420

Can an unalterable admin change his own usergroup. Say if someone somehow gets access to your account, can you be taken off the Admin spot without FTP access after someone went in and did their damage?

Yes, that is possible. Good point though, I'll make it impossible.