Need a little help on this phpBB Security upgrade..

[theonetrueace]

Alright heres what i did a while ago when i setup this site, when I installed the security update (the latest one) I not only installed it out of order, but I didn't follow the directions. The good news is, other than one small problem, I haven't found any major repercussions. So that being said, heres what its doing, its recording the amount of times some "Attempts to Exploit" the site, but the specs never show. I'm guessing that this is because of stupidity during the install, not reading the READ ME FIRST doc, but hey, its over and done with. I just need someone to give me somewhere to start looking for this problem. I'm thinking its gonna be here ...

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 BEFORE YOU OVERWRITE phpbb_security.php, make sure you change       function phpBBSecurity_AdminConfigName()         {         return 'admins_allowed';         }             function phpBBSecurity_ModConfigName()         {         return 'mods_allowed';         }             function phpBBSecurity_UseSpecial()         {         return 'block_unwanted';         }    

If this info is unique to each install, is it possible to get the info from anywhere else?

Of course I am getting this "Sorry, I was unable to get version data at this time. Please try later." on my admin cp too...

But since I overwrote the original files and I'm on a 56k connection, I was just wondering if someone could tell me about what goes there under normal circumstances ....

Thanks in advance!

[Teelk]

Those three function names are the fields you fill in when you first install. Here's how you find those names again, if you don't remember what you called them.

Unfortunately, they're impossible to find if you don't know what you called them. Unless you know this little trick.

Using phpmyadmin, browse the config table looking for three field's config_name(s); sec_admin, sec_mods and sec_name.

The config_value of each is the same as phpbb_security.php values.

sec_admin = number of allowed admins.
sec_mods = number of allowed mods
sec_name = blocks unwanted... whatever it blocks...

Just so there's no confusion I'll repeat...

You want the config_value of these three fields.

Tim