phpMyAdmin access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Question

I am unable to connect to my MySQL in xampp I have this error:

MySQL said: Documentation

1045 - Access denied for user \'root\'@\'localhost\'

Answer 1

@guzuer

Change the value of

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

in your ~/xampp/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

Here my username is groot and password is groot.

At the time of writing this answer, I had this issue and i fixed it by looking up your question.

Answer 2

Edit the file xampp/mysql/bin/my.ini

Add

skip-grant-tables

under [mysqld]

Answer 3

Check /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php file

1. Go to terminal
2. run vi /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php
3. check the information
4. Hit Ctrl + X
5. Try login to phpmyadmin again through the web using the information from the config file.

Answer 4

Please run and re reconfigure your phpmyadmin

sudo dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin

Answer 5

Go got XAMPP->mysql->bin->my.ini

open the file with an editor and add 'skip-grant-tables' after mysql.

Answer 6

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'HTTP';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '1234';

This solves my problem too. It just logs in automatically.