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Is there a way to set it so that only Admins are able to ban an IP?

What are the differences between Admin and Moderator?
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fritzpw: Jan 9, 2003, 10:54 AM
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I think that's something we'll see in 2.0.0.

Admin can log into the admin section and do all sorts of serious damage. Moderators can only do damage within the user interface of the forum itself.

I asked my moderators to never ban an IP, that's something I'd rather them not have access to as well.

It might be useful to have tiers of moderator privileges. Maybe one of the Gossamer guys will jump in here and talk about what we may see coming up in the next version.
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Hi,

A simple tag around the IP link in include_post_display.html will do the job. You just have to add this arround the IP link:

<% if current_user_status = 3%>
IP link
<%endif%>

That solution is not 100% safe, since a moderator could go around it if he knows well Gossamer Forum. But that should be OK for most of the moderators. Smile

Adminstrators can delete, move and edit all posts in all forums.
Moderators can delete, move and edit all posts only in the specific forums they are moderators.

François

Sorry for my english...

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Franco: Jan 9, 2003, 11:43 AM
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Yea, I think a tier system would be good.

Sure would be nice to have a temporary fix available now though.
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Hi,

A simple tag around the IP link in include_post_display.html will do the job. You just have to add this arround the IP link:

<% if current_user_status = 3%>
IP link
<%endif%>

That solution is not 100% safe, since a moderator could go around it if he knows well Gossamer Forum. But that should be OK for most of the moderators. Smile

François

Sorry for my english...

By doing that are you also removing the link for Admins or will this only remove the link for Moderators?
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Mods only.

For extra security you can edit this action from the admin panel and modify access permissions.
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No just for moderators. "<% if current_user_status = 3%>" means "if the user who sees the page is an administrator...". So if it's not a administrator the link will not appear. Wink
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Paul is right. You can also for more security restricts the "ban_ip" action to administrators. See in your admin panel (Setup -> Actions...).

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Franco: Jan 9, 2003, 11:49 AM
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Franco,

How do you set the Group restriction from Setup: Actions ?
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Hi Scott,

I just checked the ban_ip action and I saw, contrary to what I thought, there is no option to choose which groups to give permission. It's written that only administrators have the permission to use this action, but we know that moderators could also use it. I'm a bit confuse now. Jason will surely help us. Wink

François

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Franco: Jan 9, 2003, 3:51 PM
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Aww that sucks :) ....there should be access restrictions for all functions IMO
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Administrators have the ability to ban an IP from the entire GForum installation, but moderators only have the ability to ban an IP from their forum. Unfortunately, the user forum ban and IP forum ban are tied together - it isn't currently possible to disable one but not the other.

Jason Rhinelander
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jason@gossamer-threads.com