is my forum ruined??

when i go to my home page, it says....

Warning: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/******/public_html/forums/admin/db_mysql.php on line 38



There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

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does anyone know what this means?

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it also sends me email everytime someone tries to access it...

Database error in vBulletin :

Link-ID == false, connect failed
mysql error: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: YES)

mysql error number: 1045

Date: Thursday 23rd of January 2003 04:34:43 PM
Script: /forums/index.php?s=
Referer:

[Steve Machol]

This error means one or more of the following is wrong in your config.php file:

$dbusername
$dbpassword
$dbname

If you are unsure of what the appropriate values are then you will need to ask your web host.

okay thanks. then i guess i should plug those things in, and reupload, i just dont want anything to happen to the data like the posts, registered people etc.

[Iguana]

You should back up you database before doing anything. However, it's very unlikely that changing the config.php file would erase it.

[Icheb]

It's not unlikely. It's not possible to happen.