Trace and log user actions...

This hack was requested by ossi69 and John Mac.

This is a pretty simple hack that allows you to track and document a user's
actions while they are logged into your board. Every click made by the user
makes a brand new entry in a log file. The log file entries include, username,
IP address, date and time, and the URL clicked on. The user actions are
documented even before the user has a chance to see the page he clicked on.

Templates affected by this hack: none
Tables affected by this hack: user
Files affected by this hack: global.php, admin/user.php

Execute the following query to create a new field in the user table:

alter table user add trace smallint(5) unsigned DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;

You also need to create a brand new directory in your forums directory by
the name of tracelog. You need to make sure that your give the appropriate\
read/write permissions to this directory so that the http server on your
host can create files in there.

Here is a sample output:

Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:31:30, /forums/index.php
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:31:36, /forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=9
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:31:42, /forums/showthread.php?threadid=143901
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:31:51, /forums/rules.php
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:31:53, /forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=9
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:32:07, /forums/showthread.php?threadid=143901
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:32:11, /forums/index.php
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:32:15, /forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=103
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:32:28, /forums/showthread.php?threadid=225576
Zed, 192.168.1.101 , 2003-04-28 18:32:38, /forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=4112

Note:Go to this post to download the directory protection file for this hack.

[hagi]

Hi. This hack was great. I installed it onto my live board pgamers.com . However I do have one question. Does this track clicks to the admin cp and mod cp also? Is it suppose to because so far it doesn't come up for me. If this isn't available can it please be inplemented

[Zzed]

Yesterday at 09:46 PM hagi said this in Post #61
Hi. This hack was great. I installed it onto my live board pgamers.com . However I do have one question. Does this track clicks to the admin cp and mod cp also? Is it suppose to because so far it doesn't come up for me. If this isn't available can it please be inplemented

The hack traces user actions within the board itself and not the mod/admin CP. The Admin CP is already logged by the software for all admins.

[af1 racing]

06-04-03 at 09:38 AM Intex said this in Post #57
ZZed - is there any way you can include guests in the trace logs? The reason I ask is because I want to keep an eye on actions taken by people who aren't registered yet.

I second this. I need to trace guests on my board by IP. Any chance you can modify this hack to include this option?

Thanks

[Mu5icMan]

is it possible to trace who has clicked on an attachment, cause i've installed this hack but attachments aren't on the trace.

[Alidar]

I love the concept!!! Will install tonight after work (on lunch break).

Got a new user using nick "Guest" (thought it was locked out by vB, guess not) and starting to think the username/pass being shared by multiple peps to get around site security.

THANKS!!!!

[Dennis01]

Is something like this already availeble for vb3?

[Imperial Fritz]

I would like to know the same...

[rh2004]

Thanks for my one its great

[Viks]

Originally Posted by Dennis01

Is something like this already availeble for vb3?

yeah i agree! it'd be a good idea

[reverse1312]

Is someone willing to release a 3.5 version for this useful hack ?