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I dowloaded and installed 1.7.1 and everything works great except for one thing. At first I was able to connect to SQL through phpMyadmin and went to add a password to the "root" username as suggested. When I open the phpMyAdmin folder I found no config.ini.php file to add the new password to. I know that the file renamed at instillation when not using WAMP, but Ive searched the web and in everyone else's case the file was still called config.ini.php. I know it's probably somthing simple but help would be appreciated.



Post Edited (05-10-07 16:43)

Ok, I can understand your frustration as I just went through the same thing. I finally found it and made the changes and it works fine. So, here is what I did, and as a "newbie", if you don't wish to try I will understand. There are people on this forum who have all the answers.
I went to: C:\wamp\phpmyadmin\config.inc and opened the file in Jedit, you can use notepad. Search for: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']=' ' and between the single quotation marks type in your new password and save file.
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I had the same problem.

Just done a fresh install of the latest version, and neither C:\wamp\phpmyadmin\config.inc.php or config.inc exist.

I ended up copying config.inc.sample.php and adding the root password to that.

[localhost] - displays an error saying that access denied, but [localhost] lets me log in fine

Hi, simply copy (= duplicate) the existing file config.inc.install to a new config.inc.php an then , at line 31, complete (modify) with :

$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = 'http://localhost/phpmyadmin/';

stop and restart all services in wamp and test.

Romain published a new version to solve this problem :

1.7.1a - 05/12/2007
fixed : bug during creation of config.inc.php file
fixed : bug when replacing phpmyadmin

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Hi,
Tried installing 1.7.1a onto a clean system - config.inc.php exists - thanks.
Edited $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']='' and added my password in there and it all runs fine.

One issue remains though. Browsing to [localhost] works fine, however if I use the shortcut to phpymadmin (left clicking the wamp icon) or just visit [localhost] I still get the access denied message.

Any ideas ?

Hi,
perhaps try this : at line 31 (roughly) , complete (modify) with :

$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = 'http://localhost/phpmyadmin/';

stop and restart all services in wamp and test.

Hi,

I didn't need to do that in the end.
Just restarted my system and refreshed the browser and all is working OK from [localhost]

Thanks for the help.

ok,
it is as possible as that does not function if you do not put the back slash at the end of the line.

on this topic, here's some screenshots, which some might find helpful:

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