cannot login after 5 tries

[Chad]

I believe it is true that if someone tries to login to your account 5 times and fails purposely (well considering they do not know the password) the actual member who owns that username will not be able to login (even though its a different ip and valid password). Why is this?

Isn't there a way around this?

[Steve Machol]

Yes, that's true. This is a safety feature. Currently the only way to workaround it is to disable this option.

[Chad]

But some idiot is doing this to many of my members. What safety feaeture anyway (let us assume each member has a sophisticated long password)? How do I disable it anyway? Is it that bad to disable?

[Steve Machol]

If you don't want this feature, then you can disable it. The user's passwords will be as strong as they have set them.

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> General Settings ->
Use Login "Strikes" System

And actually my first response to you was incorrect. From the description:

Setting this to no will disable the system that prevents a user (with a specific IP address) from logging into an account after entering an incorrect password 5 times.

Sorry for the misinformation.

[Chad]

Ok, so it will only block the IP itself after 5 tries? Because my member (whom I trust) told me she was not able to login to the moderator passworded forum in which it instantly told her that she failed 5 tries (or someone failed 5 tries for that username). I'm using v3.04

[Steve Machol]

Ok, so it will only block the IP itself after 5 tries?

Yes.

[Aaron Freed]

I take it the software actually keeps track of this, and it's not just a problem that can be worked around by merely deleting one's cookies, then. ;p

[Zachery]

Vbulletin tracks it, and locks the ip, not the cookie.

[Fergal]

Also it only blocks log in for 15 mins after the fifth attempt.