Password to guest post

slawcio · Post by **slawcio** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:50 pm

Hi

Few days ago i see forum where to post or answer to post i needed password from admin. How can i do this ? there is any plugin avaliable ?

warmweer · Post by **warmweer** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:35 pm

slawcio wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:50 pm Few days ago i see forum where to post or answer to post i needed password from admin. How can i do this ? there is any plugin avaliable ?

I don't know any extension that provides that feature (nor any MOD for that matter).
If it's a phpBB forum, can you post a link to that forum/board.

Post by **KevC** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 6:57 pm

That sounds liike a clunky way to do it. If the admin only wants to allow certain 'approved' people to post in a forum you can do that with groups. Make a group that can reply and the admin can put people in it when they like. Set the registered users group to read only to stop everyone else posting.

david63 · Post by **david63** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:40 pm

This is a standard feature of phpBB - it is one of the options for a forum set in the ACP

warmweer · Post by **warmweer** » Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:47 pm

david63 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:40 pm This is a standard feature of phpBB - it is one of the options for a forum set in the ACP

For being able to enter the forum : yes ... but once the password is used, the user can enter the forum but whether he can post depends on his posting permissions.

slawcio · Post by **slawcio** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:46 am

david63 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:40 pm This is a standard feature of phpBB - it is one of the options for a forum set in the ACP

Where can i found this ?

Post by **KevC** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:48 am

manage forums
click the green cog to edit the forum you want
You can set a password there but it's only for access to the forum, it doesn't control people being able to see it, read it or post in it.

Also, passwords can be poor because there's nothing to stop one person giving the password to someone else without the admin doing it. And if you need to change the password you've got to remember who knows it and tell them all the new one. That's why groups are better.

warmweer · Post by **warmweer** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:49 am

slawcio wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:46 am Where can i found this ?

ACP > tab Forums >>> select forum

Forum password:
Defines a password for this forum, use the permission system in preference.

Confirm forum password:
Only needs to be set if a forum password is entered.

slawcio · Post by **slawcio** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:16 pm

Hmm but this is option to see and post forum. How to make only needed password to post ?

warmweer · Post by **warmweer** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:24 pm

slawcio wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:16 pm Hmm but this is option to see and post forum. How to make only needed password to post ?

There no such feature native to phpBB.

However, the simple way is to have a group that has permission to post in that forum, for "other" groups set can only see/read the forum to NO. That removes the password requirement which can be nullified by sharing the password.

slawcio · Post by **slawcio** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:29 pm

Yes thanks but i need the password:) Probably i need to modify posting.php in files ?

Post by **KevC** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:42 pm

It's far simpler to use groups though.
If you want them to post, you put them in the group. If you don't, you take them out the group. Built in, no coding needed.

warmweer · Post by **warmweer** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:49 pm

slawcio wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:29 pm Yes thanks but i need the password:) Probably i need to modify posting.php in files ?

More than that, e.g. The password has to be saved in the database, preferably hashed, retrieved and compared to the user_entered password.

Added: as KevC: confirmed using groups is the logical way (out of the box).
Perhaps if you can explain why you want a password requirement for just posting in various forums, a different solution may come up (I doubt it though).

slawcio · Post by **slawcio** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:11 pm

I want to that only guests with password ll be able to post or start new topic. But forum must be visible to all, bots etc. Password ll be know to group of 100-200 people.

Post by **KevC** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 2:00 pm

That's a really crucial bit of information that you left out. You ought to edit your original post and add in that it's for guests.