[ic] 24 hr wait enforced...

[Kevin Walsh]

maillists <lists at gmnet.net> wrote:
> I have a catalog user who is entering data via IC and they hit a wall
> were they are now locked out. This is the message in my error log:
> 
> ###.###.###.### - - [03/February/2006:09:00:41 -0500]
> catalogname /cgi/catalogname/index.html Too many IDs, 24 hour wait
> enforced.
> 
> I have tried to find out were this is set so I can let them back in, but
> I can't seem to find out how. I have restarted httpd and IC. If this is
> a variable that I can set, I would like to set it to a high number so
> they don't get locked out again. It is a large catalog were many people
> enter lots of data...
> 
You should have a directory called tmp/addr_ctr.  Remove the file that
corresponds with the user's IP address, which will be found under a
couple of levels of hash bucket directories.

For instance, if the IP address is 81.168.51.194 then remove the
"tmp/addr_ctr/8/1/81_168_51_194" file.

You can also modify the website's RobotLimit value.  If a user creates
more than this number of new sessions within a 30-second period then
a wait period will be enforced by Interchange.

You might want to investigate how the user managed to trip over your
RobotLimit in the first place.  For instance, you could compare the
user's browser UI identifier against anything it would match in your
RobotUI list.

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