Login Issues (Since at least Jan)
This has been going on for months, and is the reason for my low participation:
I attempt to log in, using my saved password. (I hit the login button ONCE.) I am immediately told that I have attempted to log in with an incorrect password 5x (I have tried to log in ONCE) and my account will be locked for 15 minutes. I wait 15 minutes, and attempt to rest my password. I hit the button, follow the link in the email. I am then told that the link I'm following is more than 24 hours old, and thus no good. I was able to log in today, because it only thought I had tried 4 times, not 5, and so was able to get sent a new password. I am on a Windows 10 PC, using Google Chrome. (I use Chrome exclusively, on all devices). I have had the same problem, however, if I try to log in on a phone or iPad. |
Hi. We have a thread about this a little further down, and there's a good explanation here. There's not much more we can do about it, it would seem.
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Sometimes you can try to get back in at odd hours - so if you CAN login - you're password is correct. DON't Try to reset it after you know it's right, you just kind of have to hit the site at the right time to get back in - then save the password for the site (it's stored as cookie on that browser)
you should be good until you change your password or try to login on another browser that doesn't have cookie yet. You'll notice that the old browser that has cookie will continue to work but you new login attempts on fresh browser may continue to fail until you slip in between the brute force script raindrops ;) |
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The thread addresses someone who had someone being hacked, with a brute-force attempt. That's not what's happening to me. Instead, it's reading my single log-attempt as a brute-force-hack attempts, AND claiming that the link to reset is over 24 hours old when it's 5 minutes old. This IS a problem for the Webmaster here. |
It's been really crazy today. Multiple times I tried to log in, then I got in, looked at a a few threads and then, it logged me out sending me to a page that said I didn't have access to. Then I got back in by signing in multiple more times. Then I was just signed out again, sending me to that same page again saying I don't have access to. Then tried to sign in many more times until I succeeded and here I am. :help:
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I Think I know how it can be fixed and why it’s happening. Pm me admins if I can help
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I have been experiencing the same issues for the past few days....unable to complete login and getting a message that I have used the wrong username or password and that I have used up my failed login quota. I wait the 15 minutes as requested and get the same response. Seems if I wait an hour or so, I then am able to log in. Anyone else experiencing this lately?
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No changes to the method they use apparently. It seems to have a fatal flaw in logic. Continue to try to login with credentials you know are right at different times of the day. Once you get in, keep the cookie on your browser and you're golden. ...until you try a different browser or delete your cookes :(
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It's happening to me again too.
Not complaining but posting to let whoever is in charge of debugging the code know that the problem has really never been solved. I wish you the best of luck in finding the bug. Bob |
Posting on behalf of a friend that is locked out again with this issue. Is possible for admin to provide an email address that registered users who are locked out by the security system can use to have an admin help clear them and get them back in?
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If you're experiencing the "5 failed log in attempts, please try again in 15 minutes" error, then neither I nor the webmaster can "get you back in". You must wait and try later to log in for yourself with your own password. Sorry.
We can only help with a lost or forgotten passwords or if an new email address somehow goes astray. In either case, you still have to log in for yourself, we can't log in for you. Sending a bazillion exasperated emails to the webmaster won't change that fact. In the case of the 5 failed log in attempts .. do not keep frantically requesting new passwords. This just overloads the system and makes things worse. If you want a new password, then change it in your user control panel *after* you've successfully logged in with your current one. Also, do not keep clicking the back button and trying to force a refresh. This just resets the 15 minute counter and prolongs your wait. And also overloads the system and causes more problems. You probably don't want to hear this, but the solution is to just be patient and wait at least 15 minutes, 30 is better. Try closing and then restarting your browser (after 15 minutes) before attempting another log in, this sometimes helps. ~~~~~~~~~~ The problem has nothing to do with spammers or hackers. The problem is our server is very old and on its last legs. The forum software is outdated and likely corrupted .. it was developed before the age of mobile browsers, way back when a camera on a cell phone was a novelty. The server and forum software need to be replaced and the webmaster is currently looking into resolving both issues. He is not interested in any more temporary patches/fixes that solve one problem but cause another somewhere else ... like whack-a-mole :bash: p.s. - there is no "staff". We're just unpaid volunteers with families, jobs and busy lives "offline" ;) |
Thanks for the explanation Doreen.
I'll be patient, and now that I know you are aware of the problem and working on a solution, I won't try to help anymore - as it seems it could be more of a bother than a help. I'll be patient or at least pretend to be :lol: I appreciate you being here. Bob |
Thanks, Doreen.
This is what I needed to know. Quote:
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