I dont know if this is just me or not so I want to ask.
I am trying to convert yabb gold 1.3 to smf.
I get all the directories correct but the database password, it says it is wrong no matter what I put in so the script will not work. I know I am using the correct password. It is the same password i used when I installed smf. I installed smf through fantastico and it asked for a user name and pw for the original admin. then it automatically created the database and mysql will not let me view anything associated with it.
What do I do?
Your password isn't going to be the one you expect, unfortunately, if you used Fantastico. It generates the database password automatically - you can find the password in Settings.php - it will look like this:
$db_passwd = 'THE PASSWORD';
It will probably be letters and numbers, and fairly long. That's the one the installer wants (because it wants to make sure you're not a hacker or someone trying to copy the forum's data.)
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yea I found it right after I made this post and forgot to update you here. Thanks though