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1. joey99881
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Greetings all,

   My wordpress site got hacked. I tried to solve this by wiping everything from my server, reinstalling wordpress (using fantistico) and then importing the database backup using phpmyadmin.

   Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user '*****'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /***/*******/*****/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1036

   Is the result of doing that :(

   I have checked wp-config and none of the db names etc have changed (although I dont remember setting a password).

   Any ideas guys and gals?

   Joe

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Check your database credentials with your hosts.

3. joey99881
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Thanks Esmi. I was fully focused on wp-config.php and phpmyadmin. I decided to contact my hosts as you suggested. I went into the database section of my control panel to cut and paste some information for a support ticket. I noticed that wordpress had created a random DB user and given him (her?) full priv's. I deleted this user and created a new one based on my setings in wp-config....AND IT WORKED!

   Thanks again :)

   Joe.

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