Sorry Nate, I'm still confused. Am I logging into phpmyadmin as "admin" or
"root"?

Also, when I try to change my root password as indicated below, I get the
same error message.

BTW mysql currently works OK on my website using that root ID and password.

Mark.

>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>    Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:40 PM
>    To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] [DRAFT]
>    e-smith-adm-phpmyadmin-2.2.0-0.noarch.rpm
>
>
>    I had the same issue when I installed the rpm.  Its real
>    simple you have
>    entered the wrong password, if you entered the password found in
>    /root/.my.cnf to the
>    /opt/administration/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php file
>    and it gives you the MySQL Connection Failed: Access
>    denied for user:
>    'root@localhost' (Using
>    password: YES) then the password in the  /root/.my.cnf
>    file is not your
>    root mysql password.  If you have ever changed the
>    password by entering
>    this command
>
>    > mysqladmin -u root password
>    > mynewpassword
>
>    then the root mysql password is whatever you changed it
>    to, therefore it
>    will not be what is displayed in the /root/.my.cnf file.
>
>
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Mark Farey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>    Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:28 AM
>    To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'e-smith-devinfo'
>    Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] [DRAFT]
>    e-smith-adm-phpmyadmin-2.2.0-0.noarch.rpm
>
>
>    Darrell,
>
>    I just got around to trying out phpmyadmin, but I get a connection
>    failure
>    from MySQL, i.e.:
>
>       MySQL Connection Failed: Access denied for user:
>    'root@localhost' (Using
>    password: YES)
>
>    I followed your instructions to the letter except I did
>    not install the
>    .src.rpm, just the .noarch.rpm. Is that OK?
>
>    As instructed, I logged in as "admin", and when this
>    failed (and not
>    being
>    quite sure of what I'm doing :-) I also added "admin" as a
>    user in the
>    MySQL
>    user table, but that didn't seem to help.
>
>    Regards,
>    Mark
>    Ottawa.
>
>    >    -----Original Message-----
>    >    From: Darrell May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>    >    Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:20 AM
>    >    To: e-smith-devinfo
>    >    Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] [DRAFT]
>    >    e-smith-adm-phpmyadmin-2.2.0-0.noarch.rpm
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    >    phpMyAdmin is for directly manipulating your mySQL
>    >    databases.  If you do
>    >    not know what you are doing it is very easy to destroy
>    >    your databases and
>    >    screw things up.  This rpm is _NOT_ for everyone.
>    >
>    >    [DRAFT] For non-production use only. Use at your own risk!
>    >
>    >    New phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 version was released yesterday.
>    >    Download from:
>    >
>    >    http://netsourced.com/servers/downloads
>    >
>    >    e-smith-adm-phpmyadmin-2.2.0-0.noarch.rpm
>    >    e-smith-adm-phpmyadmin-2.2.0-0.src.rpm
>    >
>    >    After install you need to add your root mySQL password found
>    >    in /root/.my.cnf file to:
>    >
>    >    /opt/administration/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
>    >
>    >     $cfgServers[1]['password'] = 'yourmysqlpasswordhere';
>    >
>    >    Then access via:
>    >
>    >    https://yourdomain.com/phpmyadmin
>    >
>    >    login with the admin username/password
>    >
>    >    Regards,
>    >
>    >    --
>    >    Darrell May
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