Changing user's group problem-Urgent Help needed!
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Topic: Changing user's group problem-Urgent Help needed!
Posted By: jazzis
Subject: Changing user's group problem-Urgent Help needed!
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:17pm
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I have Admin priviledges and I try to change a user's group from Admin to another group (i.e. remove him from Admin), but the group change select box does not appear at all on his profile? It works for all other users?
Are all users who have Admin status equal as far as their priviledges? Is there a "super" Admin status?
HELP PLEASE!!!!
Adam ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:44pm
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If he has the default admin account then you can not change it.
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Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:45pm
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What is the default Admin account and how do I change it? ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:47pm
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The default account is the first member in the database... and you can not change it as its hard coded into the forum.
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Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:52pm
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OK I understand.
Can I change this user's name? Can I delete him?
I can access the database and change it manually. Would that screw thing up a lot? ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:55pm
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You can change the username. You can NOT delete the main admin account is HARD CODED into the code. If you delete the main admin account your forum will not function correctly. Same goes for the "Guest" username (second record in the members table). ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 9:58pm
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OK OK I understand believe me.
My question is this: If this account's name is Bob and I wish to change it to John - is that possible? What happens if I do it manually in the database? ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:01pm
HOW??? ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
MadDog wrote:Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:02pm
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You can change the username in the database. But you have to change the password through the profile section of the board. Or you can copy the Password and Salt field from a fresh database and put it into your current database to reset the password to "letmein". ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:03pm
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Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:06pm
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OK thanks a lot. Password not a problem, does not requre a change.
Now another question if I may.
How do I move all the post done by a user to another user? (i.e all Bob's posts to John)? ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:07pm
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You will have to go through the database and replace the Author_ID in all the tables from the old users author id to the new users author id.
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Posted By: jazzis
Date Posted: 29 January 2007 at 10:09pm
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Thanks a lot - that's what I thought!
You were a great help!!!  ------------- Adam Baruch http://www.adambaruch.com - www.adambaruch.com |