mysql access denied

[riffhai]

hi all
I've seen there are many such issues before - I've read them all. nevertheless I cannot solve my problem.

Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !

MySQL said: Access denied for user 'sharkspo'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

I finally found the include/config.inc.php. there I see the correct username and databasename, I also see a password. when checking the cpanel of my host the names are the same, but there is no password. the path is the following

Connection Strings
Perl   $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:xxx_cpm1:localhost","xxx_cpm1","<PASSWORD HERE>");
PHP   $dbh=mysql_connect ("localhost", "xxx_cpm1", "<PASSWORD HERE>") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("xxx_cpm1");

do I have to change something and if so, where???

Your help would be very much appreciated!
regards riffhai

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