turn off forum without using control panel?

[tribedude]

My control panel is frozen, the board is frozen. I have rebooted my server, but it still is frozen.

I would like to turn off the board somehow as I believe all the people trying to connect are making matters worse.

Is there a way to turn off the board on a server without using the control panel?

[Steve Machol]

Run this query to turn your board off:

UPDATE template SET template=CONCAT(template,'\n\$bbactive = 0;\n') WHERE title='options';