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I just attempted an upgrade to 2.2 from 2.1.3. I updated MSM, and I previously had my system folder set up above web root. However, the instructions detailing how to move system above web root seem to have disappeared from the User Guide (originally located http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/general/system_above_webroot.html), so I can’t confirm if I redid that process correctly, or if it is still supported. The problem now is that when I try to log in to my admin page, I get the error message “You are only permitted to make four login attempts every 1 minute(s)”, despite definitely not hitting this limit.

Any insight as to why this is happening would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I’m getting this error too.

UPDATE:

It seems it’s stemming from this function in Session.php

function check_password_lockout($username = '')
    {
        
        if ($this->EE->config->item('password_lockout') == 'n' OR 
            $this->EE->config->item('password_lockout_interval') == '')
        {
             return FALSE; 
        } 
        
        $interval = $this->EE->config->item('password_lockout_interval') * 60;
        
        $expire = time() - $interval;

        $lockout = $this->EE->db->select("COUNT(*) as count")
                                ->where('login_date > ', $expire)
                                ->where('ip_address', $this->EE->input->ip_address())
                                ->where('user_agent', $this->userdata['user_agent'])
                                ->or_where('username', $username)
                                ->get('password_lockout');
        
        return ($lockout->row('count') >= 4) ? TRUE : FALSE;
    }

If I force the function to return FALSE, I am able to log in fine.  Not really a fix, but perhaps it will help us find a solution.

Well, I don’t fully understand why this was happening but I deleted a series of records in the “exp_password_lockout” table that had my name and IP address on them and I’m able to login fine now.  Not sure how or why those records were created to begin with but seemed to solve the problem for me.

Clearing out that table fixed the issue for me. Thanks!

Hi Kenneth,

Instructions for moving your site above webroot are now at:

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/installation/best_practices.html

Does that help?