Administrative and Maintenance Tools - External Data Provider Usergroup/Cookie Setting

External Data Provider Usergroup/Cookie Setting 2.2

About this hack:
This hack allows you to set what usergroup external.php gets permissions from. This is a great hack for administrators who don't allow guests to view their forum. Using this hack you can set what usergroup it should get permissions from. I'm sure your users want RSS feeds!

There is now an option to have the browser look for cookies to get permissions from.

Administrators who allow guests to view their forum but with barley any permissions, this hack will also help you.

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• Files to upload: 1 (via ACP)
• Time to install: 5 seconds

Updates:

Version 2.0 (9/19/06):

• Release of this hack for vb 3.6.
• Option to use Cookies to get permissions.

Version 2.1 (9/22/06):

• Fixed bug with cookie prefixes

Version 2.2 (10/14/07):

• If using cookies to get usergroupid to get posts, it will now verify passwords to avoid users who edit cookies.

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[Boofo]

Originally Posted by J98680B2423E

How about making those forums that are not listed not searchable? I don?t know if the RSS feed will get info from those.

Just a hint.

I want them to be searchable for anyone who has access to them and not for those that don't.

Originally Posted by Abe1

Not sure what you mean exactly.

An example would be my Staff forum which is not open to the general public. When I use this mod, if they know the link to the Staff forums that can get a feed from it, even though they are not set up to view the forum.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I want them to be searchable for anyone who has access to them and not for those that don't.



An example would be my Staff forum which is not open to the general public. When I use this mod, if they know the link to the Staff forums that can get a feed from it, even though they are not set up to view the forum.

All has to do with what you set. If you set to use the cookie, then they wont be able to. If you set the usergroup to be a high ranking one, then you are in trouble.

[Boofo]

I have it set to use usergroup 1. I left the settings at the defualt on install.

[Boofo]

Any word on what is happening with this?

[Abe1]

If you set to usergroup 1, then they should not be able to see the restricted forums.

[Boofo]

It is set to one and they can not see the restricted forums in the listing. But if they know the forumid of a restricted forum and enter the link in the address bar, they can view AND subscribe to a restricted forum.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It is set to one and they can not see the restricted forums in the listing. But if they know the forumid of a restricted forum and enter the link in the address bar, they can view AND subscribe to a restricted forum.

Not if usergroup 1 can't see it.

[Boofo]

Then I should use the usergroup setting and not the cookie override setting? Because at the default settings with the hack, that is how it worked on my site.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Then I should use the usergroup setting and not the cookie override setting? Because at the default settings with the hack, that is how it worked on my site.

If you use the cookie override, only you will be able to subscribe to those areas. No-one that does not have permission will be able to.

[Boofo]

Yes and when I logged out, I copied the link to the staff area in the address bar and it brought it all up on the page for me while seeing it as a guest.