DB User Changes
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- Mike Queenan
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Hello,
I have multiple DB user accounts associated to my database at my hosting provider. In my Joomla admin portal I tried to modify the DB User by changing it to the newest user name. I saved the changes and this broke connectivity to my DB. I have no way of loading up the site or admin portal. Is there anyway to modify this type of setting in my code so that I can restore the previous database user name and regain contol of my site.
Thanks
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- cdavis411
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Hi Mike,
either ftp or cpanel > file manager > in your root joomla directory and find the configuration.php file
find:
var $user = 'cpanellogin_dbusername';
and:
var $password = 'PaSsWoRd';
edit and save.
(something to think about, when you change the username originally did you change the password also?
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- Mike Queenan
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- Mike Queenan
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Cdavis,
Thank you - this did the trick and my site is back online, communicating with my DB.
I do have one other question that You might be able to help me with. I was initially trying to modify my copyright properties through the template manager section of Joomla Admin. I running the Reaction template (v. 1.5.9) and found that whenever i try to modify any property in the template section, none of the settings are saved to the DB. It does not matter if I apply or save the changes, nothing takes. I've also tried various browser thinking that it might be a browser specific bug in the code, but same result.
If I'm editing another area such as articles, my changes are applied as expected.
Any idea what could be causing this issue?
Thanks,
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