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**Wild Cat** · 04-22-2008, 06:09 PM

The FAP feature was developed by Forumer to enable owners to take control over their boards should they get demoted for whatever reason. Basically all it was was a drop down list of all members of the forum and a "Make admin" button so if you got deleted or otherwise demoted you could for example register a new account for yourself, log in the FAP on your original username and pass and make your new account admin and that way take control of your board....or you could make anyone admin. No other managing of anything else was possible through FAP.

Unfortunately it's not working at the moment. It is on the list to be repaired but I can't tell you when.

You can always protect yourself by making a spare admin account with full access to the admin CP and hiding it and also by restricting the other admins' access to only the necessary features... hide the whole root admin group and don't use any of the account in it for posting on the board, make another admin group and use the account from there that way no one knows about your security account and should anyone turn on you you can always take back control...

rsrikanth05 · 04-23-2008, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wild Cat

Create an IPB one, that is the best and the admin panel has a fine tune so your admins will have much less privileges than you and they will NOT be able to delete or in any way edit the route admin account.........and the good news is.......I can help you with the IPB better than if it was phpBB

It's full of bugs as it is now, and well..........we have no eta about when it will be ready, if he has to create a forum now I would definitely go for IPB.... but that's me

Your choice

IPB 1.3 is not very secure.
In phpBB3, there is an option, that makes sure, you are not deleted.
This can be done, by putting the necessary user in the Forunders group.

SilentCruel · 04-23-2008, 05:39 AM

Alright.

Thanks, SawanM. Thanks, Wild Cat.

You've been most helpful, and I appreciate it.

Topic tagged resolved.

**Wild Cat** · 04-23-2008, 06:17 AM

I know you tagged this resolved SilentCruel but I feel I need to reply to this...

and you're welcome btw

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsrikanth05

IPB 1.3 is not very secure.
In phpBB3, there is an option, that makes sure, you are not deleted.
This can be done, by putting the necessary user in the Forunders group.

Forumer's IPB 1.3 (I've never tried other host so I wouldn't know if it is the same there) also can ensure that you are not deleted if you know how to use it. Only the root admin can edit/delete all accounts (himself as well I guess and that's a mistake many people make when learning how to use the adminCP, instead of creating a test account they experiment with their own and then come here to cry when they demote them selfs).

If I need to have other admins on my IPB board I will create a second admin group and put them there, that will restrict them from using some of the most critical features of the admin CP (like system settings) and also will not allow them in any way edit or delete the root admin account so it stays safe.

04-22-2008, 06:09 PM	#16 (permalink)
Wild Cat Elite Forumer Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6,471 Rep Power: 9 fTrader: (3) fBuck$: 1,757.0 Bank: 130,000.2 Total fBuck$: 131,757.2 Send fBuck$ » My Forumer My Country:	Re: Seeking Counsel The FAP feature was developed by Forumer to enable owners to take control over their boards should they get demoted for whatever reason. Basically all it was was a drop down list of all members of the forum and a "Make admin" button so if you got deleted or otherwise demoted you could for example register a new account for yourself, log in the FAP on your original username and pass and make your new account admin and that way take control of your board....or you could make anyone admin. No other managing of anything else was possible through FAP. Unfortunately it's not working at the moment. It is on the list to be repaired but I can't tell you when. You can always protect yourself by making a spare admin account with full access to the admin CP and hiding it and also by restricting the other admins' access to only the necessary features... hide the whole root admin group and don't use any of the account in it for posting on the board, make another admin group and use the account from there that way no one knows about your security account and should anyone turn on you you can always take back control... Last edited by Wild Cat; 04-22-2008 at 06:26 PM.
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04-23-2008, 05:39 AM	#18 (permalink)
SilentCruel Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Eilat, IL. Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0 fTrader: (0) fBuck$: 166.0 Bank: 99.7 Total fBuck$: 265.7 Send fBuck$ » My Forumer My Country:	Re: Seeking Counsel Alright. Thanks, SawanM. Thanks, Wild Cat. You've been most helpful, and I appreciate it. Topic tagged resolved.

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