Bots problem

sypher01 · Beginner Joined: Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 19

Hello,
one little problem here ... (meh!)

The bots leeching live sites are "clicking" on the "your album" link, and creating "[BOT]" galleries.

Any way to avoid giving that group the permission to create albums? (just view).

Thanks in advance!

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jettyrat · Moderator Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Posts: 1139

Hmm...I've noticed bots will have a field day if you have commenting allowed by the public in the gallery, but I haven't had a problem with them creating albums, yet!

The integration does not do anything with the bots group, it just ignores the group all together. How does the "your album" link allow bots in any easier than the normal "gallery2" link in the page header?

They could easily be added to a bots group in gallery upon export, then the admin would have to setup appropriate permissions for them, I suppose.

sypher01 · Beginner Joined: Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 19

They are in a "bot" group, but its a default group (like administrators or global mod) so the gallery does not manage it. and they do create albums. Sad

jettyrat · Moderator Joined: Nov 28, 2005 Posts: 1139

You mean google is creating albums in your gallery? I was thinking more like spam bots getting into the comments areas.

You must have the gallery module enabled that creates albums for each new user.

Try this in g2helper.php
Find:

Code: › if ($user->data['username'] != 'Anonymous')

Replace with:

Code: › if ($user->data['user_type'] != USER_IGNORE)

That should log bots in as guests with guest privileges when they visit gallery through the integration. I don't know how else they would be getting in as users.

sypher01 · Beginner Joined: Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 19

i will try thanks Razz

sypher01 · Beginner Joined: Feb 05, 2008 Posts: 19

worked