[TYPO3-english] Database suddenly cannot connect to TYPO3

[Lily Wong]

Hi Stefano,

Thanks for your quick reply. I spoke to my web host tech support  
earlier and they are looking into it right now. The specific database  
error that I'm getting is "too many connections". ??


>> My TYPO3 site went down this morning. Both my front-end and back-end TYPO3
>> login page are showing this error message:
>>
>> Database Error
>> The current username, password or host was not accepted when the
>> connection to the
>> database was attempted to be established!
>>
>> Has anyone come across this type of sudden database error before? I do not
>> recall having made any changes to my config files yesterday when I last
>> accessed the site? Possible that this is a hack? Any suggestions would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>
> yes, it happens
>
> and usually it has nothing to do with TYPO3, but they are server problems
> talk with your system administrator and ask him why/how the db wend down!
>