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ksntz
Starting Member
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 Posted - 24 April 2007 : 05:00:43
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I searched and couldnt find out how to allow unregistered posting on my forum. I do not want any kind of registration or email, just want people to be able to type in any username and post their replies or new topics.
How do I enable unregistered posting? |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 April 2007 : 05:04:39
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take a look in the MOD forums or on SnitzBitz, or try searching for anonymous posting mod.
However, if you do this you should seriously consider adding the MOD which adds a captcha system when posting otherwise your forum will be swamped with auto generated spam |
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ksntz
Starting Member
38 Posts |
Posted - 24 April 2007 : 05:06:36
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thanks Huw!
snitzbitz is down :(
is the skantadj mod the only one that allows for unregistered posting?
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ksntz
Starting Member
38 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2007 : 06:06:08
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I looked at the mod and actually wonder if my intention might be achieved more easily. I am wondering what part of the code and which .asp files would need to be modified to remove ALL registration requirements from the forum, in other words I want it so a user can just type in a nickname and post, no registration box or passwords or anything.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to what part of the snitz code would need to be modified/disabled to disable all the registration part of the software?
I am looking at an intranet application of the forum. |
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Roger Fredriksson
Average Member
Sweden
556 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2007 : 07:27:42
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| Isn't that possible to achieve by correct settings in admin-panel? |
rf/www.avgifter.com |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
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Posted - 01 May 2007 : 12:14:50
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| If its an intranet app, you may want to look at just using NT Authentication - or figuring out how to mod the NT Auth to pull whatever authentication system your network uses. |
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ksntz
Starting Member
38 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2007 : 16:05:57
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| so is it really that difficult to just disable or modify the 'registration required for posting' code? |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2007 : 18:00:49
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The short answer is "it depends".
Because authenticating the user is core to how nearly everything works, its not just a simple "comment out these lines and be done" - otherwise no one would have needed to make a MOD for it. 
You can use one of the MODs that has already been built (lotta work, but relatively easy), or you can have a go at your own solution. (lot more work, but you get exactly what you want)
If you are on a company network, normally there is some authentication scheme already in place and you can use/modify the built-in ties to the NT authentication. As far as I know, you can use some of the same or similar directives to get the same or similar information from Novel and other data stores, so don't see "NT" and think "I need a Windows domain". It would probably be easier (and better) to grab their authentication from the network in some fashion.
In the grand scheme of things I would have some means of making sure that a person is a given person. Search for "Anonymous Posting" (and many various mis-spellings/abbreviations of "anonymous") and you will find many discussions of why its not usually a good idea. |
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