Yes, I can login via the terminal by doing:
mysql -h localhost -u mynews -p
and putting the password in. This shows my username and password are correct.
Thanks for your help though. Any other suggestions?
I used phpmyadmin.
I managed to login to the database using the terminal to check the username and password.
Any ideas?
Yes, the info above was from the config file.
I am actually moving an existing WordPress install from my ISP to my own Mac OSX Server. I have got the MYSQL database running, I just can’t get it to talk to WordPress.