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When we install a new drupal 6.22, after the first 2 steps:

1. Choose language
2. Verify requirements

The third step “Set up database” may prevent you from installing successfully. There are not any error messages to show what the problem is either. How to do then?

During the installation you may have renamed the file /sites/default/default.settings.php to /sites/default/settings.php.

However, Drupal expects you to make a copy if this file, not rename it! So you will know what to do now. Just copy default.settings and save it to /sites/default/.

Done.

Here is the error that I’m receiving (below):

Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Access denied for user ‘govspons_bmarkfo’@'localhost’ (using password: YES).
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct database hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?

A: In your sites folder, do you have a settings.php and a default.settings.php file? if not you should.