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Admin account locked out - constantly
Hello, I have recently upgraded to 6.10 on my Readynas 212 and have been constantly hampered by not being able to log into the admin account from Chrome. This occurs 90% of the time stating that too ...
How is this solved? I am also getting this, in the absence of not being able to find the cause. There need to be a way of disabling this feature. Features like this should be optional, not enforced on the user. I have SSH access, can I change a value in the OS or a file to turn this feature off please.
It's been so long since this happened. I do not recall the solution other than the one marked above.
How is this solved? I am also getting this, in the absence of not being able to find the cause. There need to be a way of disabling this feature. Features like this should be optional, not enforced on the user. I have SSH access, can I change a value in the OS or a file to turn this feature off please.
- Are you completely unable to log in to the web admin ui?
- Or is the issue the lockout after unsuccessful logins?
- Or is it the inactivity timeout after you log in?
This is typically because you've saved the password to your browser, then changed it on the NAS without changing the saved one. So your browser is periodically sending the wrong password.
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