Why Baning members doesn't hold more than 24 hours???

Hello,

For some reason when I ban a member/s they stay registered and after few hours the Ban is removed and I have to Ban them again or delete them. Is there any better solution to that?

Thanks..

What version r u running, I forgot..

7.0.9..why? is it a known issue?..didn't find anything when I searched the forum.

curious, trying to duplicate it on my end

What did you search for? I just found these...

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&search=1#topic/Banned-members-not-staying-banned-.htm

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&search=1#topic/Banned-Members-Don-t-Remain-Banned.htm

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&search=1#topic/I-ban-spammers-then-i-logout-after-when-i-login-they-are-unbanned-.htm

Looks like lots of people have had this problem going several versions back..

 Thank you for those links! two of them don't answer my question or provide a solution and the 3rd link with the Module costs $80. Before I chose to pay the $80 I rather check on the forum and see if someone here can help me Ban a member and have him stay Banned.

Why don't you just deactivate the member?

Ok, ok I'll get off my lazy butt and help lol... remember whenever you manually change code it makes upgrades a pain. Having said that if you want your bans permanent just open:

/inc/classes/BxDolCronCmd.php

and remove this:

   // clear ban table

   if (db_res("DELETE FROM `sys_admin_ban_list` WHERE `DateTime` + INTERVAL `Time` SECOND < NOW()"))

   db_res("OPTIMIZE TABLE `sys_admin_ban_list`");

and this:

        // clean expired ip bans

        bx_import('BxDolAdminIpBlockList');

        $oBxDolAdminIpBlockList = new BxDolAdminIpBlockList();

        $iIps = $oBxDolAdminIpBlockList->deleteExpired();

After you remove these two sections the bans AND Ip bans should stay until you manually remove them... have fun.

Thanks!!!! This has been driving me nutz too!

 I delete them and the next day they're back again..

 Thank you Mscott!!

Do you think it will cause some trouble down the road with upgrades or you were just stating in general?

 You're welcome!

It won't cause trouble but if the upgrade contains a new version of "BxDolCronCmd.php" then you're changes will be lost and you'll have to redo the fix. When you make changes like this it's best to keep a detailed list so you can go back and redo them after an upgrade. It's just kinda a pain in the butt.

 RE:

 I didn't say 'delete', I said deactivate.

Thank you very much Mscott!!! I appreciate your help.

Soryy HoustoL...my bad.

Does the 'clean expired ip bans' code needs to be done for this to work? I only ask because not very sure if these ip bans are only those I manually enter in the admin (which I never do) or, does it also cover the ips that are blocked when max connect errors are reached, for example? If it's just ip bans done by admins, isn't it enough for members' ban to work to just disable 'clear ban table' code?