what's the point of passwords?

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  • dieKetzer
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2000
    • 242
    • 1.1.x

    what's the point of passwords?

    if i mark a forum as being private, then all usergroups aren't allowed to access, yeah? but the vb3 manual says this about passwording a forum:
    If a user knows the password but is in a usergroup that is not allowed to access that forum, the user will not be allowed to access it.

    so i have to wonder what the point of having a password is?
    so passwords can only be used on public forums? what's the point in that? if the forum is public then a person wont even be asked for a password, and if the forum is private the password will never work?

    another question: in vb2 the bbs insisted on granting moderators access to all forums, private or not. it took a bit of hacking to not have moderators automatically granted access to private forums that were created. is this still the case in vb3?
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    #2
    Forum passwords where added by request, like you I do not see much point in them, mabey a guess the forum password and win a prize contest, but nothing else.

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    • Gary King
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2002
      • 860

      #3
      Yep passwords just another feature; if you don't want to use it, then don't use it. I think it's that simple, and I suppose vB support will have more or less the same response

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      • dieKetzer
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2000
        • 242
        • 1.1.x

        #4
        ??? i dont understand... how is this a feature? it appears to do nothing. unless i am not understanding how this works... of what value is a password if it does not unlock a forum? i would like to use it! but i dont see any use for a password that doesnt actually function as a password.
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        • </blunted>
          Member
          • Sep 2002
          • 78
          • 3.8.x

          #5
          the proverbial screendoor on a submarine...

          whistle on a plow...

          One would hope that the developer had some actual application in mind to go through the process of coding the functionality. I still just want to be able to easily purge old PM's...
          "I actually ignored at least 20 of your attacks before I ever came back at you." -- Lawrence Cole

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