[mysql] #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

This might seem redundant but I was unable to find a correct solution.

I was unable to login to mysql using the mysql console.It is asking for a password and I have no clue what I actually entered.(Is there a way to get the password or change it?) This is how my config.inc look.

When I try to open phpmyadmin I get this error(#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES))

<?php

/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;

/* Server: localhost [1] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '3306';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'prakash123';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

/* End of servers configuration */

$cfg['DefaultLang'] = 'en-utf-8';
$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 1;
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';


/* rajk - for blobstreaming */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_garbage_threshold'] = 50;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_repository_threshold'] = '32M';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_temp_blob_timeout'] = 600;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_temp_log_threshold'] = '32M';


?>

I have tried to uninstall( Plus Deleted all the related files) WAMP and reinstall.It didn't help either. While reinstalling WAMP server it is not asking for any username password stuff I don't know why. Any help is highly appreciated.

If you arrived here because you can't log into your phpMyAdmin, then try the root password from your Mysql instead of the password you put during phpMyAdmin installation.

Go to config.inc.php, find $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] and remove any password provided, i.e change $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password'; with $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';

Now you can launch phpMyAdmin

Selecting Users menu from phpMyAdmin, select the root user and click Edit previlidges. Now scroll down to Change Password area, switch between No Password and Password to provide your new password. that's it.

For UNIX, try this. It worked for me:

1. connect MySQL use Navicat Premium with inital root/"password"
2. UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string = PASSWORD('MyNewPass'), password_expired = 'N' WHERE User = 'root' AND Host = 'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
3. restart MySQL

I first changed the root password running mysql at a prompt with

mysql -u root -p

Update password:

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';

Edited line in the file config.inc.php with the new root password:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'MyNewPass'

Stop and re-start mysql service (in Windows: mysql_stop.bat/mysql_start.bat)

and got phpMyAdmin to work!

EDIT 2017: for MySQL=5.7 use authentication_string in place of Password (see this answer):

UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';

This worked for me. In your config file

$cfg['Servers']['$i']['password'] = 'yourpassword';

In your mysql shell, login as root

mysql -u root

change your password or update if you've forgotten the old one

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('yourpassword') WHERE User='root';

stop and restart your mysql server from the xampp control panel. phpmyadmin can login to see your databases

This process is quite simple in correcting the the error. What is happening is a failure to connect to phpMyAdmin. In order to fix the problem you simply need to provide the correct password to the system phpMyAdmin configuration file located in apps\phpMyadmin\config.ini.php 1. the root should already be set as user 2. Insert the password between ' ' and that it.

If you still have problems then this means that the user name and /or the password need to be updated or inserted into the DB. to do this use the command line tool and do an update.

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('Johnny59 or whatever you want to use') WHERE User='root';

In the my.ini file in C:\xampp\mysql\bin, add the following line after the [mysqld] command under #Mysql Server:

skip-grant-tables

This should remove the error 1045.

1. mysql -u root -p
2. UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('mypass') WHERE User='root';
3. Flush the privileges: FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
4. Exit by typing: Exit

5. Edited line in the file config.inc.php with the new root password: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'mypass'

6. be succss

I have encountered similar mistakes, and later found that my password is wrong.

Go to 'config.inc.php'. Write your password over here - $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] =''

After I updated my MySql, I was getting the same error message. It turned out that after installing a different version on MySql, inside the my.ini, the port was different. Previous MySql version had port 3306 but the new one have port 3308. Check your MySql my.ini, if it is different use the port from .ini in your connection.

if multiple myslq running on same port no enter image description here

Right click on wamp and test port 3306 if its wampmysqld64 its correct else change port no and restart server

after installation i started wamp and i was asked for user and pass which were already set on default (user:admin pass: dots), and that was wrong with a message from your topic. Than, i just entered:

Username: root 
Password: (leave it empty)

and it worked for me!!

mysql.exe->Run as administrator or go to following path C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.24\bin and than right click on mysql.exe go to properties and than select tab as Compatibility and see the bottom of dialog box in privilege level and just check the Run this program as an administrator and then click apply ok.finished now you open success phpMyadmin. bye

1. Go to C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin

2. Edit the config.inc.php file

3. Replace $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; by $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';

For now on the PHPMyAdmin will ask you for your password, no more error.

php artisan serve 

this command get the env contents for the first time and if you update .env file need to restart it.

in my case my username and dbname is valid and php artisan migrate worked

but need to cntrl+c , to cancel php artisan serve , and run it again

php artisan serve

Just now I have this situation and I have tried this way which is very easy.

First stop your mysql service using this command:

service mysql stop

and then just again start your mysql service using this command

service mysql start

I hope it may help others... :)

Well, there are many solutions already given above. If there are none of them works, maybe you should just try to reset your password again to 'root' as described here, and then reopen http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ in other browser. At least this solution works for me.

with MariaDb, above solutions doesn't works.

Use (exemple below with ubuntu 16.04 and mariadb-server Distrib 10.0.28):

    sudo mysql_secure_installation
    …
    Change the root password? [Y/n] 
    New password: 

Try the following code:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';

if you see Password column field as 'No' for the 'root' user in Users Overview page of phpMyAdmin.

I had the same error today. I had installed Djangostack and when I checked my task manager there were two instances of mysqld running. I checked one was for wamp server and the other was for django stack. I ended the one for django stack, restarted all services in wamp server and I was able to access phpmyadmin

First you have to go config.inc.php file then change the following instruction

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] ='';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] =''; 

or