Co-Admin up his own bum

[Sharkyman]

I am the site owner of my forum but when it started to get really busy I made someone whom I thought I could trust co admin. Now, while I was in hospital having an operation (with no internet connection) he has de-admined my account and contacted the hosts, forged my signature and transfered everything over to him. I am in discussion with the hosts to get all the passwords changed for the access (ftp etc) which should be done today.

Question is...how can I make myself admin again with just server access? He's refusing to do it via the ACP but I need to do it so I can knock him off his perch, as I pay for the hosting and the vbulletin licence and am in the process of getting everything changed back with the hosts but I don't want to have to start from scratch as I have 100K+ posts and a few 1000 threads but need to become admin again.

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Am I going to have to go into the database?

[kh99]

Someone asked a similar question in this thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=260852

Well, not really the same problem, but it has instructions for using tools.php, and you can use that to make yourself admin again.

Hope that works for you.

[Sharkyman]

Originally Posted by kh99

Someone asked a similar question in this thread: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=260852

Well, not really the same problem, but it has instructions for using tools.php, and you can use that to make yourself admin again.

Hope that works for you.

Thanks. Should do the job. I've given him until tea time UK time to either upgrade my account or I shall do that.

[kh99]

Well, you're very tolerant...I think I'd be doing whatever I could to block any access he has until I had control again.

[Sharkyman]

Originally Posted by kh99

Well, you're very tolerant...I think I'd be doing whatever I could to block any access he has until I had control again.

It's a darts site and he stumped up ?3K of his own money for a tournament we organised so I feel a little guilty just sacking him off. I think I'll just make him a moderator.

[Staxed]

Originally Posted by Sharkyman

It's a darts site and he stumped up ?3K of his own money for a tournament we organised so I feel a little guilty just sacking him off. I think I'll just make him a moderator.

He decided to take control of your website while you were hospitalized, forged your signature to take control of your server (that's called theft...), and won't give you access back...and YOU feel guilty?

If it was me I'd have already banned any IP he's ever used and reported the forgery to the police

[Lynne]

You are WAAAAAAAY tolerant! This guy steals your site deliberately and you feel the need to make him a moderator?

[Boofo]

Well, as he said, the guy dopes have a monetary interest in the site, so he you would be better off to pay him off and get rid of him as you have no idea how far he will go the next time.

[Staxed]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Well, as he said, the guy dopes have a monetary interest in the site, so he you would be better off to pay him off and get rid of him as you have no idea how far he will go the next time.

The guy did something illegal and tried to steal something that wasn't his. How much he 'donated' to the site does not matter in the least in a situation like this.

[Boofo]

Yes, it does matter as once the money was accepted, then he has rights to the forum. Granted what he did is despicable, but still he could cause far worse major headaches in the long run. And remember, you are only hearing one side of the story.