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All non admin accounts suddenly banned [solved]

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:46 am
Author: jbl7979
Your phpBB Version: 2.0.
phpBB Type: Standard phpBB
MODs: No
Your knowledge: Advanced Knowledge
Board URL: http://thefallen.info

PHP Version:
MySQL Version:


What was done before the problem appeared?
Nothing, it was working perfectly the night before.


What was done to try to solve the problem?
Manually unbanning those who were banned



De.scription and Message

Users who are NON admins try to login and get the following:

Critical Error!
message_die() was called multiple times.


Error #1
You_been_banned



Error #2


Line : 132
File : xxxxx/thefallen.info/forum/includes/functions_jr_admin.php
SQL : SELECT * FROM phpbb_jr_admin_users


WHERE user_id =


EDITED: Just solved this. I went into the database manually and saw a suspicious line that banned ban_userid with -1. Any idea how this would have happened?

Re: All non admin accounts suddenly banned [solved]

PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:56 pm
Author: Teelk
Crackertracker seems to be banning spammers even when their user_id is -1, which means it's banning all guests. This is obviously a bad thing, and a patch will be available soon to rectify the situation. For now turn off spammer protection.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:04 pm
Author: richiebgood
hey, i am getting this problem. I am locked out, urgent help needed!!! I cannot log into my forum atal

Re: All non admin accounts suddenly banned [solved]

PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:30 pm
Author: Teelk
Go to your database via phpmyadmin. Browse the ban_list table. Delete the entry with user_id -1. You'll now have access. Go to ACP>CrackerTracker>Settings and turn off spammer protection for now.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:19 pm
Author: richiebgood
"Teelk";p="22119" wrote:Go to your database via phpmyadmin. Browse the ban_list table. Delete the entry with user_id -1. You'll now have access. Go to ACP>CrackerTracker>Settings and turn off spammer protection for now.


Phew, cheers man. Works grand.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:15 am
Author: tekguru
Did a patch ever come out for this one as it has just happened to my system now.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:22 am
Author: tmotley
Did you temp fix it with the following posted by Teelk?

Go to your database via phpmyadmin.
Browse the ban_list table.
Delete the entry with user_id -1.
You'll now have access.
Go to ACP>CrackerTracker>Settings and turn off spammer protection for now.

Re: All non admin accounts suddenly banned [solved]

PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:13 pm
Author: Will M
This just happened to me too. Was a bit suprised at getting banned. But your fix worked. You guys are the best <img>

I paniced and dissabled all ctracker stuff. could someone please recommend what to be turned bcak on. thanks

PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:18 am
Author: geoff1
Hi people, is this patch out there somewhere? Not trying to rush anyone, but it is annoying when it happens. The temp fix will do for now, but long term.....

Sorry for bumping this like this, but ahh you know! <img>

PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:06 pm
Author: Omni-Lee
I'm also looking for a patch for this issue. Recently there has been a rash of attacks on my website, a couple a day and now my users are getting banned. These are people I know, so they aren't the attackers.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:55 am
Author: Leadfoot
Well I now have the same problem. Except all accounts are banned including admin accounts. I can not access my site at all via the net. Only through ftp. I tried above fix and there is nothing in the banlist table with a -1. Any ideas please??+


edit: never mind I made a stupid last night and was looking at the tables for my backup forum not my live forum. Above fix solved my problem.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:24 am
Author: __ChAnDLeR__
i tried to unban a user who is staff, manually as directed in this thread.. but in myphpadmin, phpbb_banlist, ..anyways i anew to phpbb and my question is how can i unban that account, without delecting it and have her make another?

Re: All non admin accounts suddenly banned [solved]

PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:23 pm
Author: Helter
as staff, is she a moderator, or admin? if so, be sure you have allowed the correct amount of mods and admins in acp/.: Security :./special/

PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:01 pm
Author: __ChAnDLeR__
solved it.. thanx HelterSkelter! i seen that i have exceeded my allowed number of moderators/admins so i adjusted it and she was unbanned..