Cannot change d/b password for Wordpress d/b userid.

NACMan — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:23:47 GMT

Hi. I've has a website running Wordpress no probs for a year or so and have decided I need to change the database password but am not succeeding. Any advice on what I'm not doing etc?

My process is:

1) Logon to the BT account admin site,

work through

'Manage my services'

'Manage Hosting and Online stores'

' Launch 'MySQL Manager'

Change the password for the one ID on the database (which is the ID referenced in wp-config)

2) Paste the same password over the top of the existing password in /private/wordpress/wp-config.php & save.

3) If I now try to access the blog, I get Database connection error.

4) Putting the old password back resolves the issue.

I've thought of 2 possible reasons:

1) It's almost as if I need to restart WP but according to the documentation I've managed to find, that isn't necessary/ possible.

2) Am I editing the wrong copy of wpconfig? Is there another copy of wp-config somewhere? I've looked (using ftp) but not found it.

Many thanks in advance.

Nigel.

Re: Cannot change d/b password for Wordpress d/b userid.

NACMan — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:45:10 GMT

Easy when you find the answer.

Searched again with FTP and found a wp-config.php that I'd not found before. Changed it and all works.

Case closed.

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