Server Time

[AussieVoda]

I believe that there should be an option so i can set the time of my country instead of relying on the server time;

 

I'm in Australia and my WHMCS install is on my server in the United States, therefore because of the Server Time it shows the United States Time, it would be great if i could select the Time Zone so it shows my local State Time Zone, in Australia there are around 5 Time Zones while in every other country there is another time zone,

 

So, if someone signed up for a dedication or private server in the US, they have no idea which state it's going to be in and in Australia it's the same, if i was to buy a dedicated server from a company on which could have great plans but based in lets says Perth Western Australia and i'm in Melbourne Victoria so my server time would be 3 hours behind.

 

 

Are you able to implement this??

 

 

 

I like how WHMCS has so far made it's software more international so it can be branded to any country and not just for the UK, USA etc, where i can choose my main country (my company location) etc

 

The only other thing is to allow me to enter my Time Zone instead of using Server Time.

[WHMCS John]

This is already supported. Please refer to our docs @ http://wiki.whmcs.com/Changing_Timezone for details

[noisehosting]

Thanks for the fix as I also had this issue.

[arumdev]

There is a pretty massive flaw in the implementation of server time zone support. Today, for the first time since using WHMCS 6 months ago, I failed the login process 3 times in a row. My IP address was then banned for '15 mins' (actually I think I changed it last night ot 5 mins, by chance because I didn't really think it would happen). Anyway, because I am in the UK and my server is in Texas, I have changed the time zone as per the link above, and everything seems to work well, but the ban message was saying 'expires at XX:XX', even though that time had long since past. I had to wait 6 hours or whatever the time difference is before I could log back in.

 

I COULD NOT ACCESS WHMCS FOR 6 HOURS! because I miss-typed my password 3 times in a row! 15 mins I can handle, but 6 hours is taking the biscuit.

 

any chance of this bug being fixed?

[WHMCS John]

If you get yourself banned just remove your IP from tblbannedips in the database to lift the ban instantly - no need to wait..

[arumdev]

If you get yourself banned just remove your IP from tblbannedips in the database to lift the ban instantly - no need to wait..

 

 

yes john that's fine if you have access to the database - that's what I've been doing, but it's not always possible when on the move, and besides, it is a bug and so should be fixed...

[b0r3d]

If you get yourself banned just remove your IP from tblbannedips in the database to lift the ban instantly - no need to wait..

 

+1 I had to do this once. Might be best to put this in the documentation if it happens but it's honestly pretty self explanatory. If you know how to install WHMCS you should understand a database even a little and how they communicate

[b0r3d]

yes john that's fine if you have access to the database - that's what I've been doing, but it's not always possible when on the move, and besides, it is a bug and so should be fixed...

 

 

It's not a bug, it's a security feature. They can implement a /adminreset.php but it still requires a password and should it also have no security? It's in my opinion more of a security risk to have something like this.

 

It's an insanely easy fix. Ban yourself by mistake, phpmyadmin works well or if you understand how to use shell, access mysql manually to remove your IP from the table.

 

For added security for my business though i literally ban the outside world from my admin directory and authorize only specified IPs at the apache.conf level. So unless someone spoofs my VPNs IP no one is getting in. So for those who leave theirs open i hope WHMCS leaves it exactly as it is.

 

Anyone who wants the code for their apache config which is simple i'll provide it for added security.