[6.0x] CP Mod Tutorial [ Finished ]

I'm not sure if this should go here since it's not an actual hack but I don't know where else it could go.

I've written a tutorial explaining how to modify UBB to allow your moderators access to any section of the control panel you want. I did this originally because some of the moderators on my board wanted to be able to change the style templates for their forums. Here's the link to the file...

http://www.randominformation.com/cpmodtutorial.txt

(Sorry if this is in the wrong spot. If it is go ahead and put it where it belongs. Thanks.)

Ethan

Very nice

Thanx

slick tutorial

props on it

very Nice!

Thanks much for the compliments. I know it isn't a full fledged hack but it's the first thing I managed to figure out on my own with CGI so I was anxious to share this with everyone. (Especially since right after I figured this out someone wanted to let mods into the registration queue.)

Ethan

Thanks alot, I was just hired to do a mod control pannel for a ubb, and this saves me so so much trouble, thanks....

hmmmm....... if I cut the following from cp.cgi

Code

code:

Moderators can get access to my cp.....but I think also other users.so i think it is a security risk or??? I don't know.plz let me know if my thinking is true...
but big thx nice doc

(sorry for my bad engl.)

[ May 08, 2001 10:31 AM: Message edited by: [email protected] ]

Jeppp I found out that it is better to use tow if's... so a normal user is not able to get access to the cp .....

you should not just cut

Code

code:

you should set under the if admin an if Mod so there isnt an security risk i think...

use it like this

Code

code:

greez
(sorry for my bad engl.)

[ May 08, 2001 12:15 PM: Message edited by: [email protected] ]

Guess I should have specified in my tutorial that that was the reason for placing the moderator if clauses in the first place.

Ethan

I'm pretty new to coding Perl so I'm probably wrong but couldn't you do this:

Code

code:

As I said, it's probably wrong but...