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I had enabled reCaptcha yesterday on my site. The keys that I had entered were generated for my real site while I had been working using my temp.

My site displayed this message continuously:

Input error: Invalid referer

I didn't take it seriously for I thought it will be resolved when I start using the real url for my site.

Today, when I logged out, I realized that I was wrong. I am not able to log inside my administrator account because the captcha is blocking me out. This is the message that I got when I tried to enter the site using my login id password:

The answer you entered for the CAPTCHA was not correct.

I can not disable the captcha on login screen because I am not able to enter the site. Should I delete the captcha module from my directory right way? Or will that screw up things further because I won't be able to clear the cache of my website?

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  • Can you use shell?
    – Mołot
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 8:27
  • haven't used it ever. But will be willing to try my hands on anything to enter my site right now..
    – user18593
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 8:29
  • Well, try to use ssh client, ie PuTTY (direct link to download) with your ftp/sftp credentials. If your site admin allows it, you are good and I can answer you.
    – Mołot
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 8:33
  • Thank you so much guys. Thankfully didn't have to do any of those things. I was still using the regular drupal method to change password and hence could enter the site to change my password by placing a 'new password' request. No form was enabled yet to set the password so captcha didn't block it. Have disabled captcha for the time being now. Thanks.
    – user18593
    Commented Jun 22, 2013 at 12:43

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If you can use SSH, or other shell, it's easy:

  1. Install Drush. On Ubuntu, follow this document. Or simply unpack it and add it's directory to system's PATH variable (OS dependant).
  2. Enter your Drupal's directory
  3. Execute drush dis recaptcha

I strongly advise this approach, it may be a bit hard to set up initially, but drush is a powerful tool that can help you in future.

If you cannot, but you can use SQL client, it's not so bad too:

  1. Login to your Drupal database with your SQL client
  2. Back up your entire database
  3. Execute UPDATE system SET status = 0 WHERE name = "recaptcha";

In both cases, you should be able to login, and uninstall reCaptcha module via UI to get rid of messed configuration data.

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    @user18593 second option is easy to achieve, but before take backup of your DB
    – Bala
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 8:53
  • @Bala updated my answer. My mistake - for me hitting "backup" before things like this is a habit I don't need to think about anymore.
    – Mołot
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 8:55
  • Also to install drush you must have the rights to do so or it maybe already installed on some hosts. But Drush will make your live easier. Using drush uli from the cli you get a one time login link for the admin back.
    – FLY
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 9:22
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    @FLY - to install drush as an user's script one does not need any special rights, just unpack it and edit .bashrc
    – Mołot
    Commented Jun 21, 2013 at 9:27

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