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Trace and log user actions... · **Released**: 04-27-2003

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:

Code:

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.

Zzed · #12 04-28-2003, 11:12 PM

I'll get that code out along with the line separators.

ossi69 · #13 04-28-2003, 11:27 PM

phenomenal Zzed. Many thanks again!

Zzed · #14 04-28-2003, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Today at 05:27 PM ossi69 said this in Post #12
phenomenal Zzed. Many thanks again!

You're very welcome. Let me know how you like it.

vB-Host.com · #15 04-29-2003, 12:14 AM

*clicks install* very nice... Could you add to the user log where they came from when the log file startes like another area of my site or a link to the external site they came from?

Zzed · #16 04-29-2003, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Today at 06:14 PM vB-Host.com said this in Post #14
*clicks install* very nice... Could you add to the user log where they came from when the log file startes like another area of my site or a link to the external site they came from?

Thank you for your kind words.

You can modify the sprintf() statement and add another entry for $url to see their referring URL.

But the information will show up on every line along with the rest of the info.

Areku · #17 04-29-2003, 08:35 AM

Are ALL users logged or only those you choose?

Boofo · #18 04-29-2003, 09:29 AM

Only those you set to be traced from the Admin CP.

Areku · #19 04-29-2003, 11:26 AM

Cool!

/me licks install!!!

John Mac · #20 04-29-2003, 11:37 AM

Thanks Zzed,

Areku · #21 04-29-2003, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Today at 01:04 AM Zzed said this in Post #9
I'll look into the line separator thing.

You can view the file through your browser by going to http://myforum.com/forums/tracelog/Zzed.log

Or you can get a directlry listing by going to: http://myforum.com/forums/tracelog

So virtually ANYONE can see anyone else's activities by just entering someone's nick.log at tracelog subdir?

Any way to prevent this?

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