Im not a mybb genius. I used phpBB for years but it was always getting hacked.
Anyway my problem is this.
Some time during the process of setting up, I must have disabled the message boards ability to save MEMBERS login information. I've looked thru everything and I am not finding the ability to turn it back on anywhere.
Sorry, I'm sure this is redundant but I searched these boards and couldn't find this answer.
Thanks for any help!
Welcome to MyBB
If you go to your UserCP > Edit Options > Login, Cookies and Privacy > Remember my login details for future visits. This will then save their details for next time and they'll auto-login on their next visit, (if on the same computer with same browser).
Thanks Matt. So is this just an individual setting or is it possible Ive disabled it for the entire forum?
Yeah, it's individual, I don't think there's a setting to disable it... if that option isn't showing up in the UserCP Options, make sure your usercp_options template is default... to check, go to ACP > Templates & Style > templates **expand your template set** > User Control Panel Templates > usercp_options > if it's name is in green, click Options > Revert to Original.
Yes I was able to find it in the UserCP and it was unchecked I just didnt know if there was a main setting overall. Thanks for your help. You've obviously been around here for awhile with over 15k in posts. Got any suggestions for a newbie to mybb of settings I should be sure I have correct to avoid getting hacked? phpBB is crazy with how often I was getting hacked and the spam bots destroyed the fun of it actually.
Oh I see, there's no setting for it, but just in case you are interested in making sure everyone's set to remember their details, you can run this query in phpMyAdmin:
UPDATE `mybb_users` SET `remember` = '1';
That should work, should at least take effect the next time they login.
As for security...:
http://community.mybboard.net/thread-9991.html
http://community.mybboard.net/thread-44977.html
(plug):
http://tr.im/mybbsecurity
That's some general tips and suggestions for staying secure, but as long as you keep CAPTCHA enabled, and make sure you keep up to date with releases, you should be fine. Hackings here are pretty rare, often they're caused by people running older versions of MyBB with known security issues, or it's caused by another script with a vulnerability installed somewhere else.