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  • arran777
    New Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 6

    Root Admin??

    IPB invision power board forums has 2 admin groups in the admin cp

    1. a Root admin group and
    2. a normal admin group where the normal admins cannot edit or delete any members accounts who are in the Root admin group, they also can't edit
    the Root admin group.



    Does vbulletin also have this feature????
  • Cyber Smoke
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 105
    • 4.2.X

    #2
    In vB, you can protect the specified users from deletion by adding their user id's into the /includes/config.php file under the Undeletable/Unalterable users section. And, any such users cannot be edited from the AdminCP as well.
    The specifics of custom design

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    • feldon23
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2001
      • 11291
      • 3.7.x

      #3
      vBulletin has Super Administrator and Administrator. Super Administrator can limit what each Administrator can and can't do in the AdminCP.

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      • aspen1018
        Member
        • May 2007
        • 48

        #4
        Originally posted by feldon23
        vBulletin has Super Administrator and Administrator. Super Administrator can limit what each Administrator can and can't do in the AdminCP.


        can you have a forum that only super admins can view but not administrators or super mods ?

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        • ---MAD---
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 2522
          • 3.8.x

          #5
          Originally posted by aspen1018
          can you have a forum that only super admins can view but not administrators or super mods ?
          Admins and smods yes but not sadmins and admins, however you can use access masks to set who can see which forum .

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          • aspen1018
            Member
            • May 2007
            • 48

            #6
            Originally posted by ---MAD---
            Admins and smods yes but not sadmins and admins, however you can use access masks to set who can see which forum .

            ok I didn't understand that


            you say admins yes and admins no ???

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            • feldon23
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2001
              • 11291
              • 3.7.x

              #7
              Super Administrator is not a usergroup. It is something set in /includes/config.php.

              As a result, there is no way to hide that forum from Admins but not Super Admins through forum permissions.

              You could use the user-specific Access Masks system (which I suggest people only use when Usergroup-based permissions just will not do what they want) to hide and show the forum on a user-by-user basis.

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              • aspen1018
                Member
                • May 2007
                • 48

                #8
                Originally posted by feldon23
                Super Administrator is not a usergroup. It is something set in /includes/config.php.

                As a result, there is no way to hide that forum from Admins but not Super Admins through forum permissions.

                You could use the user-specific Access Masks system (which I suggest people only use when Usergroup-based permissions just will not do what they want) to hide and show the forum on a user-by-user basis.


                ok thank you

                I'm going to be buying the vbulletin software with another person and I'd like to set both of us as super admins and then set maybe 1 or 2 other people as admins

                however I want one forum that I can discuss things with my partner that the other admins will not be able to see


                it looks like I can with the access mask system though ?

                thanks

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                • Wayne Luke
                  vBulletin Technical Support Lead
                  • Aug 2000
                  • 73976

                  #9
                  Yes.
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                  Wayne Luke
                  The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
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                  • jasonlitka
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2006
                    • 1489
                    • 4.0.x

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                    Yes.
                    Uhhh... He'd have to make sure that the other admins don't have the "Can Administer User Permissions" privilege though, otherwise they'd be able to add themselves to the mask.
                    Jason Litka - Utter Ramblings

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                    • Wayne Luke
                      vBulletin Technical Support Lead
                      • Aug 2000
                      • 73976

                      #11
                      Just make them uneditable.
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                      Wayne Luke
                      The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
                      vBulletin 5 API

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                      • aspen1018
                        Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 48

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                        Just make them uneditable.

                        make what uneditable ?

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                        • Wayne Luke
                          vBulletin Technical Support Lead
                          • Aug 2000
                          • 73976

                          #13
                          Your admins. vBulletin allows you to make it so some users cannot be edited via the admin control panel.
                          Translations provided by Google.

                          Wayne Luke
                          The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
                          vBulletin 5 API

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                          • aspen1018
                            Member
                            • May 2007
                            • 48

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                            Your admins. vBulletin allows you to make it so some users cannot be edited via the admin control panel.

                            so if I make them uneditable then I can mask certain forums from them and they cannot see they are masked ?


                            thanks right now I'm running phpbb and this is one of the main reasons I'm considering vBulletin

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                            • cyberphr
                              New Member
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 27
                              • 3.6.x

                              #15
                              Create a new usergroup, edit the existing admin group, or edit the config.php file to add users to "super user".

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