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[Natalie Boerger]

Hello,

I just got started using the cpg, and I happen to have banned myself...

How can I undo that now since I can no longer access to my administrator mode?

Thanks for your help already
Natalie

[moorey]

Dare I ask how and why?
Nah.. log onto phpMyAdmin, it's at cpg11d_banned..

[Natalie Boerger]

Thank you my problem is now solved!
Natalie

[Cyberpawz]

I still want to know how and why you banned yourself?  It's interesting that you are actually allowed to do that.

Cyberpawz

[Joachim Müller]

IP banning is a silly feature (hey, no offense, Jack!) that has been requested a lot, so it was done. To make this foolproof would mean making it unusable. There are so many ways a fool can ban himself, you can't rule them all out.
If you want, you can apply the most basic rules yourself (simple if-constructs in php will do) by not allowing to ban 127.0.0.1, localhost, 192.168.*.* etc.
This won't help a thing though: some fools banned whole network segements (and shared them with the banned target IP), or banned their dns or whatever important resource there is.

GauGau

[Oasis]

actually, the first time I banned myself was when I tried to test the banning system... Just to see what the banned user would see..... I guess many people would do that before they banned someone.

It's actually quite easy to ban yourself... It doesn't even have to have anything to do with IPs. You ban a test account, and then try to login using the test account... and voila.. You could say curiosity banned the cat.  

So... not everyone who bans himself is a fool...  :lol:

[Joachim Müller]

hehe, that's why I said "IP banning" :wink: . Real fools ban dynamic IP addresses and wonder why some unwanted users keep turning up   :lol:
Sure, those who know how things work can fix it pretty easy, as the banning removal is easy if you know what you're doing as well.

GauGau