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

NACMan
Member

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.

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NACMan
Member

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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NACMan
Member

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.