How to ban an user

[Dick]

When I login as administrator I can ban users.
But how to do that. I got three text boxes. Can I ban users when I have only their IP address?

Thanks for your help!

Dick

[jack]

Yup, just fill in the IP address field

[Dick]

But the user had to be a registered user?
The user I like to ban isn't a registered user. I've only his IP address. Filling in this Ip address I got the message: Cannot find user <IP address>
So I think the user had to be registered. Is this correct.

Thanks

[Nibbler]

You need to put the IP address in the box that says 'IP Address'.

[jack]

There's a field for the username, and a field for the IP address - fill in the correct one.

Ach! .. you beat me to it  :twisted:

[Dick]

Sorry, but all what I see is three empty boxes and a button with the text "Add".
Perhaps this is the problem. What do I wrong.

(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twima.nl%2Fcoppermine%2Fimages%2Fban_user.jpg&hash=82606aad90016bd7d4cbefaf12e6234e7a3bfc21)

Thank you for all the help and your patience.

Greetz

[Casper]

It is the middle box.  The reason you cannot see it is because of your theme, but if you look hard, it is there, in the dark portion above the boxes.  I can just see it on your screenshot.

[Joachim Müller]

and btw: since nearly all users have dynamic IP addresses, banning a user by IP does make very, very little sense. Next time he connects to the internet, he'll probably have another IP address assigned from his ISP, so your banning actually won't do you any good.
IP banning only makes sense if people use static IP adresses to access the internet (this is most often the case for people surfing from companies or universities), but then you'll most likely not only ban the particular user, but the whole company or organisation he's in.
Also make sure not to ban yourself accidentally!

In other words: don't use banning if you're not sure how this works...

GauGau