Cant change the password for phpmyadmin??

[N0L1m1t5]

Im using a mac and whenever I go to phpmyadmin and try to change the password, there is a code that says (posted below)

 

Error

MySQL said:

 

#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.

 

If I uninstall and then install xampp, it works fine again until I try to add a password, because then the same problem occurs.

 

Thanks

[jcbones]

You will have to add your password into the phpmyadmin config file.

 

It's windows location is "serverRootFolder/apps/phpmyadmin(versionNumber)/config.inc.php". Not sure if that helps with Mac.

 

There is an array that holds all the data.  Self explanatory.

If you change it in the database via phpmyadmin, then you will still have to configure phpmyadmin to work with the new password.  As it isn't the database, but rather a program that accesses the database.  If you cannot access phpmyadmin, you can still use mysql via the console (mysql.exe).