
This is because even loading the login page counts as a failed login attempt, so if you set a low number, you'll be more likely to blacklist yourself. We don't usually recommend any value lower than 10. The setting that controls how many attempts you get can be changed in Admin Level -> Admin Settings -> Blacklist IPs for excessive login attempts. If you wish to ensure you never get blacklisted, you can create and add your IP to the file /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin/ip_whitelist, one IP per line. To remove yourself from the blacklist, edit /usr/local/directadmin/data/admin/ip_blacklist and remove your IP from the list. This means that you've had too many failed login attempts or accesses to port 2222 without being logged in. To resolve that, you can disable the IP check so that your rotating IP is allowed: open in new window DirectAdmin checks the IP of the session for each request, so if your IP changes, you'll get booted to the login page. The most common provider that does this is a satellite internet provider. This can happen when your internet provider gives you a rotating IP address. The sessions are saved under /usr/local/directadmin/data/sessions, so it's going to either be your / partition or your /usr partition, depending on how your file system is set up. To check your partitions, type df -h to check. The session files are required for saving login information which allows you to login.

Your partition that stores the DirectAdmin session files is likely full.

If you're not able to login to DirectAdmin, this is usually caused by one of the following: Follow their installation guide open in new window. We recommend installing CSF, a great tool that maintains firewall rules. Dealing with large users and backup timings.
