Locked out of Admin?

[Steev]

I moved VBulletin to a new server, and everything was working just fine...

But suddenly today, while logging in, I was taken to a page saying I've botched up my password 5 times, and would now be locked out for 15 minutes.

So I went through the steps of resetting my password, waiting 15 minutes, etc...

But this problem is persistent. Each time I log in with my new "reset" password, no matter how long I wait, I'm told that my password is wrong, and I need to wait another 15 minutes before logging in.

I'm stuck in a deadly loop!

How do I snap out of it? I'm not the only user reporting this problem. But I am the only system admin, so I'd like to get back on the board!

I CAN directly access the database without a problem, but can't get on the board or the admin cp.

Thanks for your help!

Steve

[Marco van Herwaarden]

To troubleshoot this, please remove any hacks and disable your plugins, then see if you still have this problem.
Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[Reven]

Or you could upload tools.php and change your password - see if that works if disabling hooks doesn't.