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I have been running a PunBB-forum for a couple of months but lately three 'fake'-id's have been created and they post links to porn-sites and other annoying stuff.
If you want to subscribe to my forum, you only have to give a name, a password and an e-mailadress. How can I make it happen that there is more security to register to the forum?
Dont let your users pic there own password. You can change that function in admin options.
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And how can I do this :
I took this picture from another PunBB-forum. You have to give a code before you can register.
That's call a CAPTCHA box. Check PunRes.
The CAPTCHA box doesn't seem to work on my forum. I have version 1.2.15 of PunBB.
Dont let your users pic there own password.
I have tried to do this, but when I want to save the changes I made I get this error :
An error was encountered
Error: Unable to write configuration cache file to cache directory. Please make sure PHP has write access to the directory 'cache'.
I really need more security because today I had a new 'fake-ID' who posted porn on my forum.
chmod -R 777 [/path/to/cachedir]
I don't know a lot about PHP so I don't know what to do with this. Can you please give me more information.
Thank you!
chmod -R 777 [/path/to/cachedir]
Not every has (or knows how to use) shell access to their server.
True, but if the information isn't useful/relevant, it doesn't have to be used. 
Using the search facility will return cartloads of matches regarding cache permissions.
I don't know a lot about PHP so I don't know what to do with this. Can you please give me more information.
You need to alter the write/execute permissions on your cache dir or files. It can be done via your ftp client if you do not have shell access. The search facility on here will return plenty of info on the subject. 
Maybe you could also just add this little mod to your register.php:
http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=16076
It is not a graphical CAPTCHA, but is is easy to setup and requires no permissions chmodding etc.
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