# Passbolt Pro VM: Changing the default database user password

**URL:** <https://community.passbolt.com/t/passbolt-pro-vm-changing-the-default-database-user-password/1461>\
**Category:** Installation Issues\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/passbolt-pro-vm-changing-the-default-database-user-password/1461 "2019-02-21T21:32:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin.lewis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@justin.lewis](https://community.passbolt.com/u/justin.lewis)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/passbolt-pro-vm-changing-the-default-database-user-password/1461/1 "2019-02-21T21:32:06Z")

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We started setting up the Passbolt Pro VM and while I’m following the [install guide](https://help.passbolt.com/hosting/install/pro/vm.html) and I see that it says “The appliance comes with a example empty database to quickly test Passbolt Pro. However it is encouraged to change password for this database:”. How am I supposed to change the password that is associated with the database user “passbolt”? I attempted the following:  
_SET PASSWORD FOR ‘passbolt’ = PASSWORD(‘new\_password’);_  
I received the following error:  
_ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ‘passbolt’@‘localhost’ to database ‘mysql’_  
The documentation doesn’t provide the default password for the root user and I attempted to reset the root user password following external Mariadb guides, but this was unsuccessful as well. I already attempted to move forward with the install once before just using the default DB, user and password, but then I found that there was no easy way update these settings once the install was complete. I have since started from scratch and just need to know how to change this database user password.

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**Author:** ![diego](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.passbolt.com/diego/32/16_2.png) [@diego](https://community.passbolt.com/u/diego)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/passbolt-pro-vm-changing-the-default-database-user-password/1461/2 "2019-02-22T09:47:15Z")

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Hi Justin,

Sorry to hear you have problems with Passbolt Pro appliance. As you are using Passbolt Pro version, would you mind send us a request through [support@passbolt.com](mailto:support@passbolt.com) to help you resolve your issue?

Best regards.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/passbolt/original/2X/b/bee7d3f9329f668000d46e9fcb2e5db1e9d31348.svg) [@system](https://community.passbolt.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://community.passbolt.com/t/passbolt-pro-vm-changing-the-default-database-user-password/1461/3 "2019-02-27T09:47:17Z")

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