Is the Allowed Member for specific forums stored in a cookie also?
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bobby131313
Is the Allowed Member for specific forums stored in a cookie also?
07 October 2018, 00:59
I just removed a member from 4 different forums, verified the entries are removed from the forum_allowed_members table in the DB, but he can still post in them. Is it stored in a cookie on his machine also? Will he have access until the cookie expires or is deleted?
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HuwR
07 October 2018, 14:48
I don't think it's stored in a cookie
bobby131313
07 October 2018, 20:47
Odd, he was still posting when he was removed from them without a doubt. I checked directly in the DB.
I banned him totally for an hour last night then reinstated him and he hasn't posted in them since though.
HuwR
09 October 2018, 07:56
it is stored in a cookie
bobby131313
09 October 2018, 14:23
Ew. So when i remove someone from a forum they will stay until they delete their cookie or it expires.
Has anyone done a mod to delete a members cookies? Is that even possible?
What really sucked is, I removed him for misbehaving. Then made a topic about it... imagine my shock when he posted in it.
HuwR
10 October 2018, 14:18
Ew. So when i remove someone from a forum they will stay until they delete their cookie or it expires.
Yes, it is a session cookie, so until they log out.
You could do it at a stretch by adding some code that targeted a specific member and cleared their cookies, but they would need to be active at the time since only a user can actually delete their own cookies, but it wouldn't be too difficult to implement
Carefree
18 October 2018, 05:19
Originally posted by bobby131313 Has anyone done a mod to delete a members cookies?
Yes.wrote one a year or two ago. Called it kicker or something like that. Don't remember if I posted it here though.
Thanks. Bobby, this should do what you need. If you tell it to "kick" a member, the next time they load a forum page, they'll be booted and their cookies deleted.