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I'm trying to install mybb on ulmb and I keep getting this message

Error

There seems to be one or more errors with the database configuration information that you supplied:

* Could not connect to the database server at 'localhost' with the supplied username and password. Are you sure the hostname and user details are correct?

Once the above are corrected, continue with the installation.

Firstly, you have to have a previously made Database to connect to. From there, you need to add a user that will connect to that Database and give it all the required permissions (if it prompts you). And then you simply enter the information in.

As I've commonly seen, your Website Control Pannel username usually comes before the Database and DB Username, as such:

Database Name: siteusername_databasename
Database Username: siteusername_dbusername

This does not effect the password. And usually the host is localhost unless there are certain conditions that I've never experienced or know of..

Hope this helps somewhat!