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Topic: Password Protected Forums

Posted By: Ipshwitz
Subject: Password Protected Forums
Date Posted: 28 May 2003 at 10:52am

It seems that anyone logged into the forum can access the password protected forums. It doesn't ask them to enter a password. I verified that there is still a password assigned to it. Any ideas?

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 2:20am

If you have choosen to automactiaclly be logged into that forum when entering the password then it won't ask for your password gain, try deleting your cookies.

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Posted By: Ipshwitz
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 8:32am

That's not quite what I'm going for. We have a staff section of the forums. I don't want other people (other than staff) to be able to get into it. So I password protected it. Yet - when anyone logs in, they are able to access it.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 12:42pm

DELETE YOUR COOKIES.

And when enetering apassword protected forum don't select to be automactically logged into that forum, therefore by passing the password when returning to the forum.

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Posted By: Ipshwitz
Date Posted: 30 May 2003 at 6:39am

Ok - but how does that stop everyone else from getting access to it. ANYONE is able to access the password protected areas. I could care less if I access them or not. ANYONE IS ABLE TO ACCESS THE PASSWORD PROTECTED AREAS WITHOUT ENTERING A PASSWORD. Deleting my cookies makes won't keep jimmy from argentina from getting into the staff section or susie from china. Those are the people I don't want in - not me.

Posted By: ljamal
Date Posted: 30 May 2003 at 8:20am

Create a group with the Staff Members in it and change the password protected forum to only allow those that are members of the group to see and read and post to the forum.

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 May 2003 at 8:32am

The password thing does work correctly, many people use it, the problem is that you aren't following what I am saying.

If I go to your password protected for enter the correct password and choose not to have to enter it again, ayone using my computer will not be asked for the password again when enetring that forum as a cookie will be stored on my computer.

However, if someone using another computer tries to eneter the password protected forum they will be propted for the password.

If multiple people use your computer then when logging into the forum choose not to automactiaccly be mogged into that forum next time, you will then be asked for the password when returning to that forum.

As you have already selected the auto method you now need to clean out your cookies so you will be asked for the password again. If this doesn't happen you have setup the forum wrong.

Posted By: Ipshwitz
Date Posted: 02 June 2003 at 11:55am

The password thing does work correctly, many people use it, the problem is that you aren't following what I am saying.

However, if someone using another computer tries to eneter the password protected forum they will be propted for the password. - The problem is that they don't get prompted.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 June 2003 at 5:02pm

Then you have set it up wrong, or use a different forum package, try sntiz forums.

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Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 02 June 2003 at 7:48pm

Ip,

Have you tried creating another test forum that is password protected? If so, link us to it so we can test it?

Don't go to Snitz dude....

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Posted By: Ipshwitz
Date Posted: 03 June 2003 at 9:04am

Don't worry - I won't be goign to snitz. It's no biggy though. Just thought I'd throw it out there and see if anyone had any ideas.

Posted By: ctscott
Date Posted: 03 June 2003 at 10:13am

just an fyi, i'm using 7.01 and just tested out access to a specific group using both Generic Forum Permissions and Private Groups and did not have any problems restricting access.