Wamp phpMyAdmin error #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

Question

This is quite common problem and I found a lot of tutorials to help me solve it, although, there is one additional problem with my case...

This is my config settings in config.inc.php

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = true;

When I try to log in via wamp main page, the error shows:

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

AND this same is when I try to acces MyAdmin by CONSOLE!

No matter what I type as password or just press enter, it shows me this same error, and because of that i cant 'flush priviliges'.

What can I do?

Answer 1

Step 1: Open your MySQL console.

Step 2: Enter the Provided Command Lines

$use mysql;
$UPDATE mysql.user SET password="PASSWORD("YourPassword") WHERE user="root";
$FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
$exit;

Step 3: Open and edit your config.inc.php file located in your local server files

1. Go to My Computer > C Drive > ( Your Local Server Folder, WAMP/MAMP/XAMPP ) > APPS > PHPMYADMIN > config.inc.php
2. Using a text editor, such as Notepad++, open your config.inc.php file.
3. Find this line of code: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // MySQL password
4. Change ['password'] = ''; --to--> ['password'] = 'YourPassword'; with the new chosen password you created from Step 2.
5. Click Save

Step 4: Go to phpmyadmin go to http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/.

Answer 2

Change the line:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

to

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';

Restart and you will be asked for the password the next access to the phpmyadmin page

Answer 3

Did you add a password to the MySQL 'root' userid?

If not, by default it comes without a password. So use

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

and remove this its a defunct parameter since phpMyAdmon 3.2.0

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = true;

Answer 4

Try username = root and password is blank.

Answer 5

after changing the root password you must first enter the following in mysql console:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

before the changes will take effect

Do this by openening a terminal/command console and navigating to your mysql.exe example: C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.24\bin\mysql -u YOURUSERNAMEHERE -p

If you have fiddled with your root account and can no longer access it see the following link for resetting your root account:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html

After this it should work fine as per your config.inc.php file

Answer 6

go to control panel > administrative tool> service >

then you will find a list of items , navigate to MYSQL

right click on its properties , in general tab start type make it automatic

then apply / save

and finally restart all services in wamp

Answer 7

On the MySQL error page, where two pink coloured error panels are appeared, you can find a small button at right side there. click on it.