if anyone likes to remove the edit/delete button for comments for users here is the solution
simply open your theme.php, you can find it, in your themes/yourtime.theme.php
now scroll down and remove the ?> at the button of the page
then simply paste these codes after "EOT;"
// HTML template for template sys_menu buttons
$template_sys_menu_button = <<<EOT
<!-- BEGIN {BLOCK_ID} -->
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c1.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td style="background-image:url(themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c2.gif)">
<a href="{HREF_TGT}" title="{HREF_TITLE}">{HREF_LNK}</a>
</td>
<td><img src="themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c3.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<!-- END {BLOCK_ID} -->
EOT;
// HTML template for the display of comments
$template_image_comments = <<<EOT
<table align="center" width="{WIDTH}" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" class="maintable">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td class="tableh2_compact" nowrap="nowrap">
<b>{MSG_AUTHOR}</b><a name="comment{MSG_ID}"> </a>
<!-- BEGIN ipinfo -->
({IP})
<!-- END ipinfo -->
</td>
<td class="tableh2_compact" align="right" width="100%">
<!-- BEGIN report_comment_button -->
<a href="report_file.php?pid={PID}&msg_id={MSG_ID}&what=comment" title="{REPORT_COMMENT_TITLE}"><img src="images/report.gif" width="16px" height="16px" border="0px" align="middle" alt="{REPORT_COMMENT_TITLE}" /></a>
<!-- END report_comment_button -->
<!-- BEGIN buttons -->
EOT;
if (GALLERY_ADMIN_MODE) {
$template_image_comments .= <<<EOT
<a href="javascript:;" onclick="blocking('cbody{MSG_ID}','', 'block'); blocking('cedit{MSG_ID}','', 'block'); return false;" title="{EDIT_TITLE}"><img src="images/edit.gif" border="0px" align="middle" alt="" /></a>
<a href="delete.php?msg_id={MSG_ID}&what=comment" onclick="return confirm('{CONFIRM_DELETE}');"><img src="images/delete.gif" border="0px" align="middle" /></a>
EOT;
}
$template_image_comments .= <<< EOT
<!-- END buttons -->
</td>
<td class="tableh2_compact" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
<span class="comment_date">[{MSG_DATE}]</span>
</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableb_compact">
<div id="cbody{MSG_ID}" style="display:block">
{MSG_BODY}
</div>
<div id="cedit{MSG_ID}" style="display:none">
<!-- BEGIN edit_box_smilies -->
<form name="f{MSG_ID}" method="post" action="db_input.php">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="msg_author" value="{MSG_AUTHOR}" class="textinput" size="25" />
<input type="hidden" name="event" value="comment_update" />
<input type="hidden" name="msg_id" value="{MSG_ID}" />
</td>
<td width="70%">
<textarea cols="40" rows="2" class="textinput" name="msg_body" onselect="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" onclick="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" style="width:99%;">{MSG_BODY_RAW}</textarea>
</td>
<td align="right">
<input type="submit" class="comment_button" name="submit" value="{OK}" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1px" height="2px" />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
{SMILIES}
<!-- END edit_box_smilies -->
<!-- BEGIN edit_box_no_smilies -->
<form name="f{MSG_ID}" method="post" action="db_input.php">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<input type="hidden" name="event" value="comment_update" />
<input type="hidden" name="msg_id" value="{MSG_ID}" />
<input type="text" name="msg_author" value="{MSG_AUTHOR}" class="textinput" size="25" />
</td>
<td width="70%">
<textarea cols="40" rows="2" class="textinput" name="msg_body" style="width:99%;">{MSG_BODY_RAW}</textarea>
</td>
<td align="right">
<input type="submit" class="comment_button" name="submit" value="{OK}" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1px" height="2px" />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<!-- END edit_box_no_smilies -->
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
EOT;
sooo this is how it looks like,
<?php
/*************************
Coppermine Photo Gallery
************************
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Coppermine Dev Team
v1.1 originally written by Gregory DEMAR
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
********************************************
Coppermine version: 1.4.5
$Source: /cvsroot/coppermine/stable/themes/rainy_day/theme.php,v $
$Revision: 1.17 $
$Author: gaugau $
$Date: 2006/03/02 08:25:19 $
**********************************************/
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
// This theme has had all redundant CORE items removed //
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------- //
define('THEME_HAS_RATING_GRAPHICS', 1);
define('THEME_IS_XHTML10_TRANSITIONAL',1);
// HTML template for sys_menu
$template_sys_menu = <<<EOT
<div class="topmenu">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
{BUTTONS}
</tr>
</table>
</div>
EOT;
// HTML template for template sys_menu buttons
$template_sys_menu_button = <<<EOT
<!-- BEGIN {BLOCK_ID} -->
<td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td><img src="themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c1.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<td style="background-image:url(themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c2.gif)">
<a href="{HREF_TGT}" title="{HREF_TITLE}">{HREF_LNK}</a>
</td>
<td><img src="themes/rainy_day/images/button1_r1_c3.gif" width="5" height="25" border="0" alt="" /></td>
<!-- END {BLOCK_ID} -->
EOT;
// HTML template for the display of comments
$template_image_comments = <<<EOT
<table align="center" width="{WIDTH}" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" class="maintable">
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td class="tableh2_compact" nowrap="nowrap">
<b>{MSG_AUTHOR}</b><a name="comment{MSG_ID}"> </a>
<!-- BEGIN ipinfo -->
({IP})
<!-- END ipinfo -->
</td>
<td class="tableh2_compact" align="right" width="100%">
<!-- BEGIN report_comment_button -->
<a href="report_file.php?pid={PID}&msg_id={MSG_ID}&what=comment" title="{REPORT_COMMENT_TITLE}"><img src="images/report.gif" width="16px" height="16px" border="0px" align="middle" alt="{REPORT_COMMENT_TITLE}" /></a>
<!-- END report_comment_button -->
<!-- BEGIN buttons -->
EOT;
if (GALLERY_ADMIN_MODE) {
$template_image_comments .= <<<EOT
<a href="javascript:;" onclick="blocking('cbody{MSG_ID}','', 'block'); blocking('cedit{MSG_ID}','', 'block'); return false;" title="{EDIT_TITLE}"><img src="images/edit.gif" border="0px" align="middle" alt="" /></a>
<a href="delete.php?msg_id={MSG_ID}&what=comment" onclick="return confirm('{CONFIRM_DELETE}');"><img src="images/delete.gif" border="0px" align="middle" /></a>
EOT;
}
$template_image_comments .= <<< EOT
<!-- END buttons -->
</td>
<td class="tableh2_compact" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">
<span class="comment_date">[{MSG_DATE}]</span>
</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableb_compact">
<div id="cbody{MSG_ID}" style="display:block">
{MSG_BODY}
</div>
<div id="cedit{MSG_ID}" style="display:none">
<!-- BEGIN edit_box_smilies -->
<form name="f{MSG_ID}" method="post" action="db_input.php">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="msg_author" value="{MSG_AUTHOR}" class="textinput" size="25" />
<input type="hidden" name="event" value="comment_update" />
<input type="hidden" name="msg_id" value="{MSG_ID}" />
</td>
<td width="70%">
<textarea cols="40" rows="2" class="textinput" name="msg_body" onselect="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" onclick="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret_f{MSG_ID}(this);" style="width:99%;">{MSG_BODY_RAW}</textarea>
</td>
<td align="right">
<input type="submit" class="comment_button" name="submit" value="{OK}" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1px" height="2px" />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
{SMILIES}
<!-- END edit_box_smilies -->
<!-- BEGIN edit_box_no_smilies -->
<form name="f{MSG_ID}" method="post" action="db_input.php">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<input type="hidden" name="event" value="comment_update" />
<input type="hidden" name="msg_id" value="{MSG_ID}" />
<input type="text" name="msg_author" value="{MSG_AUTHOR}" class="textinput" size="25" />
</td>
<td width="70%">
<textarea cols="40" rows="2" class="textinput" name="msg_body" style="width:99%;">{MSG_BODY_RAW}</textarea>
</td>
<td align="right">
<input type="submit" class="comment_button" name="submit" value="{OK}" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1px" height="2px" />
<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<!-- END edit_box_no_smilies -->
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
EOT;