Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/26/05 07:09

bissatch@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use phpMyAdmin but not getting past the start up screen.
>
>
> I am getting the following error:
>
> #1045 Access denied for user: root@localhost (Using Password: NO)
>
> I have went through config.inc.php to ensure that I have entered the
> correct host, username and password. It is the part in the error
> message, 'Using password: NO', that I dont understand. How do I
> configure it to use passwords if that is the problem?
>
> Does anybody recognise this problem, it would be great to hear.
>
> Cheers
>
> Burnsy
>

There are two passwords - see your config.inc.php file and look for the entires:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = ''; // access to the "mysql/user"
// and "mysql/db" tables).
// The controluser is also
// used for all relational
// features (pmadb)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // MySQL password (only needed


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