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Ban a user

append delete Chris G

Is there any way to ban a user from the site? By IP address?

When a user is added to the /users/ folder, it should also record their IP address. From there a seperate correlating list of users/IP addresses, this way we can either ban by using some php or by htaccess....

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append delete #1. Kroc

At this time, no. You could edit a user file and write something else inside the file, which would invalidate their password and prevent that exact name being used again; but the forum places no limit on how many accounts any one person could have, so it wouldn't prevent a user from posting in any way. A temporary IP ban would be the only real option and for now that has to be managed manually using your server's logs and controls.

Adding banning would add a lot of complexity and for the most part would be very ineffective (due to the anonymous nature of the forum), if I do implement it in the future, it would go hand in hand with a lot of other control features.

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