How to use phpBB without saving cookies/passwords ? plz help

[d1CK135]

Hi @ll - I need your help

I want to use phpBB in a School/University with about 50 Windows based computer-based classrooms. The BB will be configured as a support Forum for the teachers. Every teacher will receive an useracc & a password for the BB. But how can I make sure, that the teachers always logoff themselfs and that they do not "save" Passwords in Internet Explorer / Opera / Firefox ?? So I have to find a way, that everybody except the admins has to logon everytime on every PC - no matter if he was already logged on on that PC or not. And I have to find a way to "autologout" after a user is idle for about 5 minutes...

Some facts: ( phpBB 2.0.18, IE6 SP1, Opera, FireFox 1.0.7, Win2K/XP )
-Multiple teachers should be able to use the BB in multiple class rooms
-Every teacher/user should have to enter username and password on every machine he uses the BB, even if he already did and a cookie was created...
-When a teacher/user leaves a classroom or a machine he should be logged out after about 5 Minutes "inactive" that nobody who uses the room after him could use his BB account...
-All teachers/users use the same Windows user account, only the phpBB user account changes...

Please help me solving this problem... Many THX - *beep*, over and out

[karlsemple]

the admin can disallow automatic logon using version 2.0.18 and force login everytime.

You can also set the session length to kill the session after a set time.

[karlsemple]

suppose this is your main problem

All teachers/users use the same Windows user account, only the phpBB user account changes

because they may use explorers auto complete and then they could use each others account

[starfoxtj]

the admin can disallow automatic logon using version 2.0.18 and force login everytime.

Really? Where exactly is this option? I didnt see it under acp config.

[karlsemple]

in the config in the acp, new to version 2.0.18.

[d1CK135]

the "cookie session length" is okay, but what about saved pwd´s in the browsers ? I don´t want that my users play with each others accounts and use them to post spam oder b00-*beep*...

karlsemple
BeitragVerfasst am: Mi Nov 23, 2005 9:46 am Titel:
the admin can disallow automatic logon using version 2.0.18 and force login everytime.

where can i find this option, in the ACP i did not find anything like that...

regards, *beep*

[karlsemple]

did you do the 2.018 template changes to your current template

[d1CK135]

The only change i made is that i use the german release of phpBB and the german subsilver skin released on www.phpbb.de ! But I don´t think that they changed the ACP so far...

[karlsemple]

the new 2.018 acp has that option in it, its one of the changes in the new version, so it should bethere if your forums are up too date



its definatly a new feature in 2.0,18 cos i just got this out of the code changes install file!

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#
#-----[ OPEN ]---------------------------------------------
# NOTE --- Remember to do this for all your installed styles!
# NOTE --- The following action is related to the new autologin option (this is where it can be enabled or disabled).
#
templates/subSilver/admin/board_config_body.tpl

#
#
#-----[ FIND ]---------------------------------------------
# NOTE --- This is a partial match, the whole lines on a fresh subSilver template look like this:
#      <td class="row1">{L_VISUAL_CONFIRM}<br /><span class="gensmall">{L_VISUAL_CONFIRM_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
#      <td class="row2"><input type="radio" name="enable_confirm" value="1" {CONFIRM_ENABLE} />{L_YES}&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="radio" name="enable_confirm" value="0" {CONFIRM_DISABLE} />{L_NO}</td>
#   </tr>
#
{L_VISUAL_CONFIRM_EXPLAIN}
{CONFIRM_ENABLE}
</tr>

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]---------------------------------------------
#
   <tr>
      <td class="row1">{L_ALLOW_AUTOLOGIN}<br /><span class="gensmall">{L_ALLOW_AUTOLOGIN_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input type="radio" name="allow_autologin" value="1" {ALLOW_AUTOLOGIN_YES} />{L_YES}&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="radio" name="allow_autologin" value="0" {ALLOW_AUTOLOGIN_NO} />{L_NO}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1">{L_AUTOLOGIN_TIME} <br /><span class="gensmall">{L_AUTOLOGIN_TIME_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" size="3" maxlength="4" name="max_autologin_time" value="{AUTOLOGIN_TIME}" /></td>
   </tr>

#

[d1CK135]

could you help me getting this option there - where it should be ? You have to excuse but I am no PHP god

Sorry, the peops who translated the skin/template and the code of phpBB from english two german forgot to translate these two options, so there are to empty lines, the firs with yes / no und the second with a text field with "0" in it

But my problem is still present: How to log users out after 10 minutes "inactive" ?

many thx so far...

[karlsemple]

well assuming you really have got 2.0.18 installed then i am guessing only need to open and make the change i have posted above, guessing you have not made the change to your template for the checkbox .....

[d1CK135]

yupp yupp yupp, found the autologin option and it works fine... But how to logoff/disconnect idle users after a few minutes ? I searched through the mod section but unfortunately nothing that points to this direction could be found there...

[karlsemple]

again in the admin control panel scroll down the left pane to the configuration link and then click it.......on this page your looking "Session length [ seconds ]", this should be set in seconds so 5 minutes you would set it too 300 for 5 minute session length, this should kill their login session after 5 minutes of inactivity i think.

[d1CK135]

I´ll try it with a few "dummy-users"

Many Many thanks karlsemple ! You helped me a lot !

I´m out for some "live-tests"

Bye, *beep*