phpMyAdmin is throwing a #2002 cannot log in to the mysql server phpmyadmin

Question

I have installed MySQL server enterprise 5.1 on my local machine and now I want to install phpMyAdmin, but it does not work.

I have unrared phpMyAdmin to my server r

Answer 1

This the following line in your php.ini file

mysql.default_socket = "MySQL"

to

mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Answer 2

Just in case anyone has anymore troubles, this is a pretty sure fix.

check your etc/hosts file make sure you have a root user for every host.

i.e.

127.0.0.1   home.dev

localhost   home.dev

Therefore I will have 2 or more users as root for mysql:

root@localhost
root@home.dev

this is how I fixed my problem.

Answer 3

• Right-click My Computer -> Manage -> Services
• Choose "Services" under the "Services and Application" from right pane
• Then search for the "Zend Development" Service.
• When you find it, double click to start that service.

Now, you should be able log in to phpMyAdmin.

Answer 4

I have also experienced the same thing, hopefully a this helps.

cd /etc/init.d
./mysql start

please login to access mysql and phpmyadmin

Answer 5

This can also be caused if you forget (as I did) to move config.inc.php into its proper place after completing the setup script.

After making the config folder and doing chmod o+rw config and going to localhost/phpmyadmin/setup and following those steps, you need to go back to the command line and finish things off:

mv config/config.inc.php .         # move file to current directory
chmod o-rw config.inc.php          # remove world read and write permissions
rm -rf config                      # remove not needed directory

See full instructions at https://phpmyadmin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/setup.html

Answer 6

CAUTION: This method completely removes MySQL data!

I have same problem in Ubuntu 12.10 , mysql 5.5

I have tested lots of answer related to my issue but none of theme work

at last I had to reinstall remove my mysql server completely and then I install again Mysql server

but you should be aware that you should delete all directory which related to Mysql I use this link to remove mysql completely

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo deluser mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/run/mysqld

and then you install again LAMP by tasksel

Removing MySQL 5.5 Completely

https://serverfault.com/questions/254629/unable-to-install-mysql-server-in-ubuntu/296928#296928