On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:20:32PM -0700, Donald Reader wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 19:04 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > I'm trying to install and run phpMyAdmin (2.11.5) on Fedora 8. > > > > It's installed OK but when I try and run it I'm asked for a username > > and password by Apache (i.e. it's an Apache security thing) as > > follows:- > > > > Enter username and password for "phpMyAdmin localhost" at > > http://home.isbd.net > > > > ... but according to the phpMyAdmin.conf file installed in > > /etc/httpd/conf.d I shouldn't have to enter a password surely. > > > > > > What's making Apache ask for a password? > > > > -- > > Chris Green > > > you can root and if you have already set roots password > in mysql use it otherwise just leave it blank as the default > for mysql does not have a password. It's not mysql's password it's asking for, it's a password for accessing phpMyAdmin. Ah, oops, not it's not, you're quite right - thank you! I already had mysql set up with a non-root mysql master user and that user/password works. All done, lovely! -- Chris Green
