Error: The maximum number of login attempts has been reached. Please try again in 5 minutes

[neatgadgets]

Using oscommerce 2.3.3 I have just started getting the following message. I had been using it fine, stopped using it for a number of months and then started getting the message:

Error: The maximum number of login attempts has been reached. Please try again in 5 minutes

 

So I tried a number of solutions I found:

1. Reset the password by emptying the administrators table

2. Changing a line in the login.php file

if ($actionRecorder->canPerform()) {

with

 

if ($actionRecorder->canPerform() || !tep_not_null($actionRecorder->_module)) {

3. Tried renaming the Action Recorder module in the modules folder

 

None of them worked

 

Any further ideas?

[Avec]

No help, but I have found this problem to be so frustrating as to be ridiculous. I have searched through the forum and the problem is as prevelant as it is unanswered. It also appears to be long lasting, but not really specifically addressed.

 

I am upgrading from an older version, so I thought I would just start fresh, so I am working with a blank slate. New DB, new everything. The first f-ing time I try to log in - "Please try again in 5 minutes"

 

I am tired of the work arounds. Is there or is there not a fix for this stupid issue?

[Jack_mcs]

I suggest you always use google to search for things on the forum since the results are much better. See here. To get around this problem, change

if ($actionRecorder->canPerform()) {

to

if (true) {

Once you have logged in, change the code back and you should be able to login correctly afterwards.

[neatgadgets]

Yes I used Google first, then tried here. And I used this solution and it didn't make any difference. But thanks that was one I missed off the list of things I tried.

[Jack_mcs]

That has to work. The reason for the failure is that the action recorder code is saying not to allow you in. That code says to allow you in. So either you are editing the wrong code, your shops code has been altered from standard or your code is broken.