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Does phpMyAdmin AllowNoPassword work with MySQL databases?

I have a version of phpMyAdmin located on my local Apache server.

I am trying to login without a password however phpMyAdmin keeps throwing the warning:

Login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see AllowNoPassword)

However in my config.php file for phpMyAdmin I have set:

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

So I don't know why the message is still appearing.

Solution
    1. Copy config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php.

    In most cases you will find the config file

    • on linux: /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
    • on mac: /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

    1. If you are trying to log in as root, you should have the following lines in your config:

      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;