Lockout “admin”

  • I have selected to “Automatically ban “admin” user” but I received several notifications like this:
    Site Lockout Notification
    Host/User Lockout in Effect Until Reason
    User: admin 2017-06-26 15:36:44 user tried to login as “admin.”
    Host: 194.15.117.19 2017-06-26 15:36:44 user tried to login as “admin.”

    Why does it say the Lockout in “Effect Until”? It should not be unlocked?

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  • Hey @fscbmwcca

    The software is a little clumsy in how it generates it’s messages, but as long as you have set the time period for the lockout to “permanently”, it stays that way until you change it.

    You need to add these IP addresses to your “banned users” list. I have over 3,000 in my list which I share on https://artisanfoodmarketing.ie/banned-users/

    Hope that helps.

    I have a question. I’m receiving the following message “Release the permanent host ban from Ban Hosts list in the Banned Users section of the settings page.” on the Site Lockout Notification email and I wanted to know if this is a standard iThemes message, or has the email notification been changed by someone else in an attempt to have the ip address taken off the blacklist on the WordPress server?

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