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]

First Post Reserved.

[toucan42]

excellent -tagged for when I have time to come back - thanks Psionic!

[Selene]

great hack, thanks for this.

[myown]

tagged...

[stelthius]

Thanks!

[projectego]

[high]* projectego clicks install [/high]

[peterpigman]

Wouldn't this then defeat the object of being unalterable? I quite like the idea but does it not reduce site security?

[tommyturnage]

Originally Posted by peterpigman

Wouldn't this then defeat the object of being unalterable? I quite like the idea but does it not reduce site security?

I was thinking the exact same thing lol

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by peterpigman

Wouldn't this then defeat the object of being unalterable? I quite like the idea but does it not reduce site security?

That's up to the board owner to decide. It seems to me that, as long as it is not possible to edit the password and/or usergroups, the account is safe enough.