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1. creditcardsdirect
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Env: Win 2008
   IIS7

   Hi,

   I game php/mysql/wordpress a first try today and I'm not able to install wordpress, because of the following login error:

   EXCEPTION: Microsoft.Web.Deployment.DeploymentClientServerException: The database 'wordpress' could not be created. ---> MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

   I'm using web platform installer 2 and right when I select wordpress click next specify new website and login info the installation stops and tells me Access denied for a user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

   I became unhappy right away, as I'm used to software working at least during installation. I'm sure something stupid is missing, but have no idea what it is. I went to the support page and there are like 30 reasons why one can see this error so I gave up as there was no explanation why one would receive this error during install.

   Maybe it's the web platform installer 2 not installing correctly, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know why an error like that will show up during installation? Thanks in advance.

2. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Web Platform 2.0 works just fine for installing WordPress -- especially if you very carefully pay attention to the assorted usernames and passwords you specified via its "wizards".

   From your description above, I'd say that you are specifying the wrong password for the MySQL root user.

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