Allow Mods a temporary ban of users

Hi
I´ve wrote a little hack upon request of my "Main"-Moderators.
This hack allows them to temporary ban a given user per Userid. Simply userid, reason and how many hours. The banned user will see a modified no-permission screen when he tries to login. The User can automaticly access the board again, when the entered time is over.
For the other hackers: Feel free to modify the hack and distribute a "better" version of this if you want.

Sry for my bad english.

[Hotte]

Originally posted by Smoothie
This hack I just learned can be quite harmful. What stops a mod, super mod, from banning an admin?

Nothing. But what stops a mod, super mod or admin from un-banning himself? The temp-ban doesn?t work on files in the mod oder adminfolder, so they are still able to access the banuser.php to unban.

[Lesane]

Originally posted by Smoothie
It would be great if the person who created this hack could lend some assistance. I would like for my mods to be able to temp ban without the risk of one of them banning me.

Not tested but it should work:

Find in banuser.php:

PHP Code:

if ($action=="admininsert") { 


Add under it:

PHP Code:

$noadmin=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");
  if ($noadmin[usergroupid]=="6") {
    echo "Oops, you try to ban an admin wich is not allowed!";
    echo "<br>Try again by clicking <a href=\"banuser.php?action=adminadd\" target=\"_blank\"><u>here</u></a>.";
cpfooter();
   exit();
  } 


[Smoothie]

I'll give it a go...thanks bro.

[Smoothie]

Works! thanks Lasane.

[Boofo]

Can it also be set up to not allow the super moderator or fellow moderators to be banned by one another but the Admin can still ban whomever he/she wants?

And how about having it send an e-mail notifiation to the Admin when someone attempts to ban the Admin, Supermod or Moerators (unless the Admin themselves did it), can that be done too?

(Wait a minute! What am i saying here, "can it be done"? This is Lesane we're talking to. As long as he's around, OF COURSE it can be done!)

Originally posted by Lesane


Not tested but it should work:

Find in banuser.php:

PHP Code:

if ($action=="admininsert") { 


Add under it:

PHP Code:

$noadmin=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");
  if ($noadmin[usergroupid]=="6") {
    echo "Oops, you try to ban an admin wich is not allowed!";
    echo "<br>Try again by clicking <a href=\"banuser.php?action=adminadd\" target=\"_blank\"><u>here</u></a>.";
cpfooter();
   exit();
  } 


[chris frolic]

Is there a way that this hack can use Board Time instead of Server time? My server is 2 timezones away and it's confusing when a ban is only for a few hours.

great hack by the way.

[Erwin]

This is a great hack! Thanks a lot! It works well with some custom modifications!

[Boofo]

Ok, Erwin, what modifications did you do that we need to know about?

Originally posted by Erwin
This is a great hack! Thanks a lot! It works well with some custom modifications!

[Erwin]

I integrated it into my banning system. It's only relevant for my site. I renamed it and made it a "suspend" feature rather than call it banning, and added it into the postbit of threads for easy suspension and unsuspension. Made it all accessible from the admin, mod CPs, as well as via the staff forums. etc. etc. Just made it more functional. I do that with most hacks I install.

[Silviu]

It is possible to allow a moderator to ban an user ONLY from his forum? I mean, there are many forums with many moderators, so if one bans an user, that user will not be able to see the rest of the forums for a specified period. Am i right?

This hack based on 'user access mask' will be a useful tool for me. This 'general banning' method is not quite appropiate for my forum.

[Keyser S?ze]

Originally posted by Hotte


In banuser.php @ line 10:

if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=1 and !$ismod=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM moderator WHERE userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] and forumid=2")) {

change this to:

PHP Code:

if (
    $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=6
    and $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=5
    and $bbuserinfo[userid]!=x
    and $bbuserinfo[userid]!=y
    and $bbuserinfo[userid]!=z
{ 


missing a ")" after the last userid (or group)

becareful :knockedout:

-edit-

another thing, i didnt even notice, u ban by userid (number) not user name, be careful on that

[vwvitek]

Does anybody here know how to change this hack so that it provides REVERSED countdown in a specific forum? Example: User ABC is granted access to forum#15 for a period of 150 hours. After expiration of these 150 hours he cannot access forum#15 again, unless he gets new permission from mod.

[ExAvIoUr]

Great hack m8, thanx for your hard work.

However, when I try to set a ban I get this after submitting:

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/choicein/public_html/forums/admin/adminfunctions.php3:19) in /home/choicein/public_html/forums/mod/banuser.php3 on line 37

Can anyone offer some assistance as to where I went wrong?

line 37 that it refers to says:

Header("Location: ".$PHP_SELF); // so that F5 works

Thanx in advance.

[ExAvIoUr]

would also like a direct link for the mods/admins on the site if someone can assist with that also.

[N9ne]

Erwin: I see you have modified this hack, please could you post up an updated super cool version?

From what I've seen, the hack would be better if it was like this:

You have a link in postbit, only viewable to those who can actually use it. Those who can use it should be those you give the right to use it...I want supermods and admins.

When you get to the ban screen, you should have a drop down with "minutes", "hours", "days", "weeks", "months" and even "years"...and then a box after to say how many of selected.

It should be made so those who CAN use this feature CANNOT ban anyone who CAN use this feature

If Erwin doesn't want to do this, maybe someone else could?