Title: Database Connection Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Database Connection Error

 *  [citking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citking/)
 * (@citking)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-1/)
 * Not sure what’s causing this, but I found a work around…
 * I made a new user/db specifically for WP. I can log in fine using MySQLFront 
   with the user/pass combo, but when I enter this info in the wp-config file it
   refuses to accept it. I’ve ended up having to use my default localhost superpower
   login to use WP which is horribly insecure. I triple checked permissions, server
   settings, etc etc but contiunue to experience errors using any user other than
   root. Any ideas?
 * OS is Win XP SP2, host, user, pass, and DB were copied directly from MySQLFront
   and works flawlessly there but will nto work under WP.

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-1/#post-158883)
 * What version of MySQL are you using? This may be related:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=20783#post-118725](http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=20783#post-118725)

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-1/#post-158883)
 * Status: not resolved

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