Sounds like they did you a favor 🙂
Your database needs to have a user assigned and that user should have a username and password….this is different that your WP username and password.
This information should be in your wp-config.php file. Look there and see what it is….maybe you have one, but is is just weak and someone has figured it out. Or maybe you don’t have a password set on your database…which you will need to correct.
Are you hosting this on your own machine or with a hosting provider? If you are with a hosting provider, then you should have some method of connecting to your database through a control panel to set the user and password.
Steve
It is on your own machine. Fedora Linux I installed my self.
I just looked at my wp-config.php file in there is this:
“// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘WordPress’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxx’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value”
I replace the password with X’s
I don’t get why WordPress needs a name and password but phpMyAdmin don’t.
All so the /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php file is just a text file. Could any one read it?
I just tested out going to:
http://IP/wordpress/wp-config.php
At lest it just brings back a blank page.
-Raymond Day
We don’t support phpMyAdmin here. By default, it is wide open though. http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#authentication_modes
That’s not to be confused with being a WordPress issue.
And, as you noticed, browsing to wp-config.php doesn’t spill the beans about your info in it. Remember, php files are processed.
It looks like I got it. There was all so a text in my data base that said update it. I had phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 and I updated to 2.9.2
Now I have a password and it’s auto_type set to http. Now in phpMyAdmin have to log in and WordPress still works.
So I guess that was the main thing go to the phpMyAdmin folder and edit config.inc.php and changed auth_type from config to http.
I think I have it all fixed. This was like this for over a year now. Thank you for the help.
-Raymond Day
