how to look up user by ip address?

[Singular]

Hello all,
I have an ip address that keeps rating everyone's images as a "1". I can ban him, but want to know which user it is. Also, just in case it happens again, I would like to be able to look up the user. Is there a way to look up the user by ip address?

thanks,
Joe

[Singular]

Is there a way to delete all votes made by a specific ip address? I would much rather do that than to reset all of the votes for the entire album.

all the best,
Joe

[Nibbler]

Check if the IP is a bot first (using whois). You can check the IP associated with comments or picture uploads using the database.

[Singular]

I did try that. It doesn't look like a bot. I also tried to check the other uploads and comments for similar ip address and didn't find it. Here is the ip address info:

OrgName:    RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID:      RIPE
Address:    P.O. Box 10096
City:       Amsterdam
StateProv: 
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country:    NL

ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43

NetRange:   82.0.0.0 - 82.255.255.255
CIDR:       82.0.0.0/8
NetName:    82-RIPE
NetHandle:  NET-82-0-0-0-1
Parent:   
NetType:    Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment:    These addresses have been further assigned to users in
Comment:    the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in
Comment:    the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate:    2002-11-23
Updated:    2004-03-16

[Joachim Müller]

Not integrated into the coppermine user interface, no. Merged the two threads you started about the very same issue.

[Nibbler]

That message says you need to lookup the IP in ripe - http://www.ripe.net/whois. That means it's probably a european IP.

[BRD-75]

I've banned RIPE Network Coordination Centre bots.

[Singular]

Thanks, I did look up the ip and all of the 82. ip's are RIPE in Amsterdam. I have banned them all.

[Singular]

You can close this thread if you wish.

thanks.

[Joachim Müller]

You'll lose many (thousands) legitimate visitors if you're banning that IP range. Keep in mind that RIPE is a legitimate organisation, not a bunch of botnet jerks. They just provide the lookup feature for you.
For others who have similar issues: it doesn't make sense to ban by IP. If you're concerned about spammers ruining your gallery (posting ads in comments), consider disabling interactive features like rating for guests. Alternatively, use CAPTCHAs.

[Singular]

You'll lose many (thousands) legitimate visitors if you're banning that IP range. Keep in mind that RIPE is a legitimate organisation, not a bunch of botnet jerks. They just provide the lookup feature for you.
For others who have similar issues: it doesn't make sense to ban by IP. If you're concerned about spammers ruining your gallery (posting ads in comments), consider disabling interactive features like rating for guests. Alternatively, use CAPTCHAs.

Thank you.