#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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: 

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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';

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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