{"id":24468,"date":"2022-02-02T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-change-a-database-user-password\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:13:42","slug":"how-to-change-a-database-user-password","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/how-to-change-a-database-user-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change a database user password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">This quick guide will take you through the steps of changing the password to a database user in\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">cPanel<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Step 1.<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-via-your-1-grid-customer-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Log in to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">cPanel<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> Click on \u201c<strong>MySQL Databases<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-fil fr-dib aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33091187371\/original\/kCRTN2YWTw0nnzkFUr0B69kwUAgae09tSA.png?1675836683\" width=\"586\" height=\"158\" data-id=\"33091187371\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Scroll down to the \u201cCurrent Users\u201d section and click on \u201cChange Password\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33026711399\/original\/N7zz4CI8q29AZUojG1rLnPb20G96bHVheA.png?1560405390\" width=\"657\" height=\"125\" 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src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33026711400\/original\/3KEOoQwebrtCm1IPMBxUpxPQFNP9N6QNUA.png?1560405391\" width=\"644\" height=\"184\" data-filelink=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33026711400\/original\/3KEOoQwebrtCm1IPMBxUpxPQFNP9N6QNUA.png?1560405391\" data-fileid=\"33026711400\" data-uniquekey=\"1560405385085\" \/><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Step 5.<\/strong> Click on \u201cChange Password\u201d to save.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii aligncenter\" 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Click on \u201cMySQL Databases\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Step 3. Scroll down to the \u201cCurrent Users\u201d section and click on \u201cChange Password\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Step&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[1174],"ht-kb-tag":[180,270,470,480,723,1081],"class_list":["post-24468","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-hosting","ht_kb_tag-change","ht_kb_tag-database","ht_kb_tag-hosting","ht_kb_tag-how-to","ht_kb_tag-password","ht_kb_tag-user"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to change a database user password - 1-grid Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to change a database user password - 1-grid Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This quick guide will take you through the steps of changing the password to a database user in\u00a0cPanel.\u00a0 \u00a0 Step 1. \u00a0Log in to\u00a0cPanel.\u00a0 \u00a0 Step 2. 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