[solved] PhPBB Password Error

[lobstah]

hi.. i have to change password to my cPanel, but when I do my froums crash. phpBB critical error...cant not connect to database.


How do I change my password so the forums still work?

[John Scott]

Change it to match in config.php (?)

[John Scott]

[code:1:9aa8a062fb]<?php


// phpBB 2.x auto-generated config file
// Do not change anything in this file!

$dbms = 'mysql';

$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbname = 'XXXXXXX';
$dbuser = 'XXXXXXX';
$dbpasswd = 'insert_new_pw_here';

$table_prefix = 'phpbb_';

define('PHPBB_INSTALLED', true);

?>[/code:1:9aa8a062fb]

In config.php

[fishfreek]

Better yet.

Setup a special mysql user for the database for your forum. Then use that username/password in the config.php script. Having it be your cpanel username/password is not good security. Should the phpbb database connection get discovered they would have access to all of cpanel as well as your FTP.

[samer]

[off-topic] huh forum lobby ? [/off-topic]