How can I access the XAMPP 7.0.9 Security page?

Question

I have a hard time accessing the security page of xampp 7.0.9.

When I try to access http://localhost/security I get an object not found error. If I try to access http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php I get an object not found error as well.

I tried to find an answer on the official webpage as well as the offical forums but didnt find anything that could be of help.

Answer 1

Yes it seems like XAMPP has removed the security page. Their argument is that you'll not need the setting for a local environment.

The only problem for someone like me is that I have multiple test sites in my XAMPP server and in all of those test site I've set my mysql root a password. So, I need a mysql root password to be set (since I can't update all my test sites to no-password). I did it using the shell in XAMPP Control Panel

mysqladmin --user=root password "newpassword"

I encounter a new problem, PhpMyAdmin will not work anymore and the login page disappeared when you access http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

For this I opened up config.inc.php file present inside \xampp\phpMyAdmin\ and set the appropriate password there.

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Lang'] = '';

Answer 2

If you are seeing the Access Denied page when you go to phpmyadmin after setting password for root then here is the solution. Go to config file (xampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php) and change config to cookie in the following line. $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

This will enable the login page and next time you go to phpmyadmin, you'll see a login page. Now login with your username and password. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I'm having the same issue you are having. After doing lots of search in the internet, I just found this

the "security" link FORTUNATELY hase gone, that link and actions were confusing and most Xampp users DESTROYED their installation after using it.

For details you may look here New Welcome XAMPP and docs