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The original was posted on /r/mysql by /u/Balding_Gate on 2023-08-10 15:48:10+00:00.

Hi all,

So my website recently went offline, and I of course panicked trying to find out what was going on. At first, elements were all in the wrong place and redirects not working, etc, shortly after that I ran into a database error. After checking cPanel, my whole MySQL server went down and it showed an error along the lines of “Disk full…” even though none of my server resources are near the limit.

After contacting my hosting support, the issue was fixed really fast (luckily!). So I’m assuming it was a server-sided issue and not of my own doing. I did ask if there’s anything I can do to reduce the risk of this happening again, and the support representative told me to change my MySQL password as it includes a dot (.) within it. They said this is what could have caused the server glitch? Is this true that a dot is bad to include within a password? This was the default password and I’m scared of changing it because I’m worried I will mess something up, but if it’s true about the dot then I will definitely do it. I just wanted to get some clarification here first, has anyone else run into a similar issue?

Thanks!!