{"id":2231,"date":"2017-08-10T13:37:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2025-06-01T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:20:49","slug":"changing-an-acc-database-password","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/changing-an-acc-database-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing an ACC Database Password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a database is created in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/my.pair.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account Control Center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ACC), a random database password is generated for it. If you ever want to connect to your database, you will need to know the password. Luckily, it\u2019s easy to change the password for the ACC - you don\u2019t even need to know the prior password. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tThis will only change the password for the selected database.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing an ACC Database Password\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Legacy Interface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New ACC Interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log into the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Databases<\/strong> in the left sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Manage Your Databases<\/strong> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under Database Name, click on the name of your desired database&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under View Database, click <strong>Change Password<\/strong> in the nav bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type your new password and then type it again to confirm it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Change MySQL User Password<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log into the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Databases<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the your database and click its <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXcozI38kFlhV5R90wM_5AAXpA9JKpu-iZQ1Puyw68SRPnfMVrF-cJSrN0JDUoRjOLJ08eBCPP6P6LE6Iiig5d6Oqeb-WSMUETvkjC-tKCe6xEjJkbIwqMD0XfLpMK-WSxsxFYnxaQ?key=akQFGlH54B4FzIZ9uka_JhHP\" width=\"21\" height=\"22\"> Change Password icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in the following information:&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Select User<\/strong><\/td><td>Select the user whose password will change.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>New Password<\/strong><\/td><td>Enter the new password.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Confirm New Password<\/strong><\/td><td>Confirm the password by entering the password again.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Click the <strong>Change MySQL User Password <\/strong>button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If the change was successful, a green banner will appear at the top of your screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a database is created in the Account Control Center (ACC), a random database password is generated for it. 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