We then had to fix the passwords in the dbase:
#Note: change passwords from hints hint before running
mysql
SELECT User, Host, Password FROM mysql.user;
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsnhint') WHERE User = 'root'; UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsnhint') WHERE User = 'debian-sys-maint'; UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = PASSWORD('tsnhint') WHERE User = 'mcnair_wp';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;