need password for auto-installer created database

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johngute

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FIXED: need password for auto-installer created database

i used the auto installer to install invision power board
but i need to know what the password is for the mysql db
i tried my cpanel password, but it doesn't work
 
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sford999 said:
Download the conf_global.php file via ftp and look for

Code: 
$INFO['sql_pass']
Thats the SQL password
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is the password supposed to be encoded, or plaintext?

it doesn't work
 
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Its plain text and case sensitive.

If your IPB is working then that password is correct as the conf_global.php has most of the settings for the forums in, and virtually all the config settings you change in the ACP for the forum is put into that file
 
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sford999 said:
Its plain text and case sensitive.

If your IPB is working then that password is correct as the conf_global.php has most of the settings for the forums in, and virtually all the config settings you change in the ACP for the forum is put into that file
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i got it,
for some reason, it did't work the first three or four times
 
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