Registration options change

[kieranmullen]

I did a search for "Registration options" and came up with nothing so I thought I would ask.

How does one add/remove & alter registration options?

How can you configure it to capture the users IP address?

Thank you

KM

[Joachim Müller]

there's no table entry in the database that is meant to store a user IP address in, so this would require both changes in register.php and the database. There's no easy solution, you'll have to code this modification if you need it.

GauGau

[kieranmullen]

Hmm If you give free accts to people, I see room for abuse.

If you can ban a user by by address the how do you get that info other that searching through logfiles?

If someone made a hack for it (it woul be a good idea) To have signup Ip and last seen IP address.

Thanks

Kieran

[Joachim Müller]

I don't see a point in IP banning, since nobody uses static IP addresses these days, but dynamic ones. The IP banning feature has been introduced into coppermine although I disagreed. I can see a lot of site admins like to have IP banning, but imo that's only to give them a feeling of power... Imo there's no real use for it.

If you need this feature for your registration process as well, you will have to code it by yourself, like I said before. If you post your hack later there might even be other who will find this feature helpful, but you have to understand that I won't look into this at all, since I don't see the sense of it at all. The other devs may have other opinions on this issue, but I doubt they currently have the time to come up with a hack for you...

GauGau

[kieranmullen]

"since nobody uses static IP addresses these days, but dynamic ones."

Here in the states (in other countries as well) More and more ISP's are giving static IPS.  Dynamic IPS are usinged for DSL Lite or Dial Up connections (aka low cost connections)   There is no IP shortage,  yes we will run out,  but by Arin's own report IPV4 IP's are not going be running out until 2024.  Currently  IPV6  is being released for public use and end users can request IPV6 IP's if their ISP supports it.

Also for a management & tracking point of view  the move will actually be towards static IP addresses. Working for an internet company I can tell you such things.  Not that I make the decisions myself, just what gets passed down to me.

Anyway it was just a suggestion, not a demand.  Why does it seem like you take everything like a personal attack?  It seems your attitude is very unpleasant.  May I ask why?

Thank you
Kieran Mullen

[Joachim Müller]

Kieran,

sorry you don't like my attitude. I won't reply to your postings anymore if you don't want me to.

GauGau

[kieranmullen]

There you go again. Perhaps it is just a culture thing rather than you. I did not say that you had to stop. 
I do not take such things personalyl.

KM

[Nibbler]

Just to tidy up some loose ends, Coppermine reads the IP of the user directly (from $HTTP_SERVER_VARS) whenever they request a page, and then can ban from that - there is no searching of log files required. The comments table stores IP addresses when users post a comment, so you can look there to get stored IPs if you have enabled commenting.

IP banning does have it's place, but it is useless against a lot of users.