OSQA: lost access to web-site due to changing allowed IP (admin's maintenance-mode)

I am the admin of a OSQA system (which is cool and great, by the way).

I tried to learn and understand the "maintenance mode", in order to create backups. So I have entered the "maintenance mode", and there I saw the text box with the message that my users will see when the site is under maintenance mode. Plus, there was a list of IPs that will be allowed to access the site even if it is under maintenance mode.

My IP was there...

My mistake was that I changed the IP in that text box, in order to see what my users will see. Immediately, I lost access the web site, and all I can see is the message, as the rest of my users... (at least now I know that it works - users cannot access the site, and they DO see the message...)

How can I regain access to my web site?

thanks!

Solution

do you have acces to the server where your site is hosted? if so you just need to enter in django shell: python manage.py shell then run the following code:

from forum import settings
  settings.MAINTAINANCE_MODE.set_value(None)
  exit()

With that the maintainance mode will be disable and you will be able to modify the allowed IP's.

~Mike