intrusions

[WillemGrooters]

I ran PHPBB (kept to latest version) for some time but I disabled it completely: there were far too many fake "users" abusing the forum for their (IMO malicious) practices. I would like to enable it again, but only if there is a plugin that makes it harder (if not imposible) to add membership so easy.

Does anyone know of a GOOD plugin that does NOT require PHP5? (HP's PHP engine is PHP 4.1 - still)

[issinoho]

This very board had terrible trouble with spambots registering hundreds of bogus users meaning onerous hours of manual cleaning.

I installed the User Shield MOD just over a year ago and it has worked perfectly.

Highly recommended

[WillemGrooters]

Thanks for the tip, I downloaded the vaerion from the PHPBB2 site and got it installed, with some trouble (What I pblished on the SYSMGR blog is just the surface of the trouble. I didn't keep a full log).
I found that what it actually does is just hiding inactive members from the memberlist unless you're the administrator. They are stil in the database and that's where I want to remove them. I can sort the memberlist to contain the inactive users only, and than select them - but there are no buttons for any action: Activate, remove....

It might be my installation, or I miss some additions to PHP files. Or some other packages may be needed as well.

[WillemGrooters]

The problem with missing buttons is solely related to the presentation. I use a slightly modified Galaxian for the site. The changes made by User_Shield are made on the subSilver skin only.
So I need to update the Galaxian memberlist to include both buttons (Activate and Remove).

[issinoho]

I also run a modified skin which *did* integrate with the user shield nicely. From my (admittedly vague) memory the installer did offer to modify alternative skins. Failing that, check the readme.txt of the mod for manual instructions on this.