Cannot access CFADMIN any more

Question

I cannot access the ColdFusion 10 CFAdmin area and when I do I get the following in my logs

You tried to access the ColdFusion Administrator from a disallowed IP address (123.456.789.1).
The ColdFusion Administrator can only be concurrently accessed from localhost and 2 more IP addresses. 
The specific sequence of files included or processed is: ........

The problem is that I am trying this on my own machine which has (for example here) the IP address of 123.456.789.1

I've tried restarting the services but I get the same error still?

Anyone seen this before?

Some clarification for what I've tried. Let say my remote server has the 123.456.789.1

1st attempt. Restarted services and ensured I was the first person to try and access the CFAdmin area - No luck

2nd attempt Used the "123.456.789.1" server as a SSH tunnel so my machines IP address would be the same as the servers when I tried to connect. Again restarted and got same error (in the logs)

3rd attempt (getting desperate) Installed "elinks" (a text based browser) on the actual server. Again restarted and got same error (in the logs) when trying to log in.

Answer 1

This means that the IP restriction to CF Admin is applied. Go to Security > Allowed IP Addresses in CF Admin and remove the IPs (if any) from Allowed IP Addresses for ColdFusion Administrator access section.

That should fix it.

Edit: Since you are unable to access CF Admin, try this. Take a backup of neo-security.xml at C:\ColdFusion10\cfusion\lib. Open it with text editor and locate

<var name='allowedAdminIPList'><string>IP_Address</string></var>

Delete the IP listed there (IP_Address in example) and now it should look like

<var name='allowedAdminIPList'><string></string></var>

Save the file, restart ColdFusion Application Service and check CF Admin.

Answer 2

Is this a full copy of ColdFusion server or just a developer edition? The '2 more IP addresses' makes me think its a developer copy and you have it open in other places.