Windows Server Install "Confused"

by stevenriz, Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 16:48 (1693 days ago) @ jtojnar

ok I think we're down to one issue, logging in. We are unable to login. Upon entering the credentials we have programmed in the config.ini file, the login screen remains as if the username or password isn't correct. see default.log below...

Current config.ini
; see https://selfoss.aditu.de for more information about
; the configuration parameters
[globals]
db_type=mysql
db_file=E:\MySQL\data\selfoss\db.opt
db_host=localhost
db_database=selfoss
db_username=root
db_password=hello
db_port=3306
db_prefix=
logger_destination=file:data/logs/default.log
logger_level=ERROR
items_perpage=50
items_lifetime=30
base_url=
username=secretagent
password=Welcome@
salt=Welcome@
public=1
html_title=selfoss
rss_title=selfoss feed
rss_max_items=300
rss_mark_as_read=0
homepage=newest
language=0
auto_mark_as_read=0
auto_collapse=0
auto_stream_more=1
anonymizer=
use_system_font=
share=gtfpde
wallabag=
wallabag_version=1
allow_public_update_access=
unread_order=
load_images_on_mobile=0
auto_hide_read_on_mobile=0
env_prefix=selfoss_
camo_domain=
camo_key=
scroll_to_article_header=1

Last entry in Apache default.log
[2019-08-28 14:46:22] selfoss.ERROR: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) {"exception":"[object] (PDOException(code: 1045): SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\vendor\\bcosca\\fatfree-core\\db\\sql.php:519)
[stacktrace]
#0 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\vendor\\bcosca\\fatfree-core\\db\\sql.php(519): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'root', 'hello', Array)
#1 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\daos\\mysql\\Database.php(42): DB\\SQL->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'root', 'hello', Array)
#2 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\daos\\Tags.php(23): daos\\mysql\\Database->__construct()
#3 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\controllers\\Index.php(48): daos\\Tags->__construct()
#4 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\vendor\\bcosca\\fatfree-core\\base.php(1806): controllers\\Index->home(Object(Base), Array, 'controllers\\\\Ind...')
#5 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\vendor\\bcosca\\fatfree-core\\base.php(1627): Base->call(Array, Array, Array)
#6 C:\\Apache24\\htdocs\\index.php(80): Base->run()
#7 {main}
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