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microzeta
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 Posted - 11 December 2002 : 22:29:45
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I have a user sharing his account with everyone (he posted account name and password, apparently, on his website), which has access to a private forum which I would rather remain private.
Normally, he has legitimate access to the forum, and I want him to participate, so I don't want to lock his membership, nor ban his IP (with IPGate)...
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Edited by - ruirib on 11 December 2002 23:03:57 |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 11 December 2002 : 23:07:19
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I guess you never know whether he is the one participating or someone else using his account details. Looks to me that he cannot be trusted, otherwise he wouldn't publicise his data. I would definitely lock him.
Yet, maybe before doing that, if you really value his participation, change his password and email him letting him know that he should not publicise his account data and informing him of the new password. If he repeats his behavior, I don't think you have many options other than locking him out... |
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seahorse
Senior Member
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Posted - 11 December 2002 : 23:50:19
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Originally posted by microzeta
I have a user sharing his account with everyone (he posted account name and password, apparently, on his website), which has access to a private forum which I would rather remain private.
Remove his private forum access. If he wants to share everything he contributes in your forum with the users of his web site, he doesn't need private forum access. Restrict him to the public forums.
If he doesn't like that, he should learn to be more discrete.
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Edited by - seahorse on 11 December 2002 23:51:33 |
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dayve
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Posted - 11 December 2002 : 23:58:29
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BWJM
Junior Member
Canada
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Posted - 12 December 2002 : 02:43:26
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I would perhaps offer the user a "public" userid and password that he can share and then provide him with his own "private" userid and password that is for his own personal use. The public account would have only public access unless this particular group of people had their own forum or something. The personal account would have access to the forum(s) which he is originally intended to have access to. To go with that, I would give him a stern notice that any suspected abuse, misuse, etc of the public account by any user may result in the termination of the account and loss of privledges at least for his public audience and perhaps for himself as well if he is to blame for the misuse.
Maybe I'm too harsh with my warning, I dunno. I hate baseball, but at the same time, instead of immediately locking accounts, I prefer the three strikes you're out approach. (Sometimes I do only two) |
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seahorse
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Posted - 12 December 2002 : 04:48:52
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I actually agree with Dayve, but if you REALLY want to keep this character around, I think restricting him to the public forums is the best you can do.
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