[mysql] How to get phpmyadmin username and password

I have intalled phpmyadmin recently in my system. Now I lost its username and password. I tried the below methods for login.

in etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php I activated the AllowNoPassword

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

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Try opening config-db.php, it's inside /etc/phpmyadmin. In my case, the user was phpmyadmin, and my password was correct. Maybe your problem is that you're using the usual 'root' username, and your password could be correct.


Try changing the following lines with new values

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

Updated due to the absence of the above lines in the config file

Stop the MySQL server

sudo service mysql stop

Start mysqld

sudo mysqld --skip-grant-tables &

Login to MySQL as root

mysql -u root mysql

Change MYSECRET with your new root password

UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('MYSECRET') WHERE User='root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;

Kill mysqld

sudo pkill mysqld

Start mysql

sudo service mysql start

Login to phpmyadmin as root with your new password


If you don't remember your password, then run this command in the Shell:

mysqladmin.exe -u root password NewPassword

where 'NewPassword' is your new password.


 Step 1:

    Locate phpMyAdmin installation path.

    Step 2:

    Open phpMyAdmin>config.inc.php in your favourite text editor.

    Step 3:

    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
    $cfg['Lang'] = '';

I had a problem with this. I didn't even create any passwords so I was confused. I googled it and I found out that I should just write root as username and than click GO. I hope it helps.


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