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Hi,
I want to make it so the admin only can create new user accounts. I've clamped down all user rights, but I don't want the general public to be able to create their own accounts without going through me.
Can this be done, and how?

Thanks!

in your config,php -
// Submission Settings

// enable (set to 1) or disable (set to 0) submission queues:


$_CONF['usersubmission'] = 1;

I've already got that set up, but if someone manually types in an URL
http://www.mygeeklog.com/users.php?mode=new
then they can create an account.
The only thing they can really do is create it and have their personal calendar, but I'd still like to tighten this up so they can't create it using that URL.

That's not true. With that config variable set, a user can be created, but not activated (they won't be able to login). The account is only activated when you approve it.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, then. If I want to disable user self-creation, do I need to set:
$_CONF['usersubmission'] = X;
to 0 or 1?


EDITED: I get it now - I had it backwards.

Thanks!

I also went one step further. I rewrote /layout/template/users/registrationform.thtml to say sorry we are not accepting users at this time. Is this secure?

-=me=-

Unless anyone tells me different, I'm going to do this as well - good idea!!!!

well it seems to work, please let us know if there is a major problem with what I did.

http://www.dustofdaytona.com/users.php?mode=new

-=me=-

And if you want to be crazy and go one step further, you can make sure no one else ever creates another account, ever, by opening up user.php and deleting chunks of code that relate to creating new users.

well that would be stupid... and your a moderator. Thought you had to be smart to be a moderator.

-=me=-

LOL -- I'm still laughing

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yea that wouldn't be smart

It was a joke! Sheesh, no sense of humor.

P.S. If you'd like to know how to really disable story submissions, just let me know.