#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

This might seem redundant but I was unable to find a correct solution.

I was unable to login to mysql using the mysql console.It is asking for a password and I have no clue what I actually entered.(Is there a way to get the password or change it?) This is how my config.inc look.

When I try to open phpmyadmin I get this error(#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES))

<?php

/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;

/* Server: localhost [1] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '3306';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'prakash123';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

/* End of servers configuration */

$cfg['DefaultLang'] = 'en-utf-8';
$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 1;
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';


/* rajk - for blobstreaming */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_garbage_threshold'] = 50;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_repository_threshold'] = '32M';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_temp_blob_timeout'] = 600;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bs_temp_log_threshold'] = '32M';


?>

I have tried to uninstall( Plus Deleted all the related files) WAMP and reinstall.It didn't help either. While reinstalling WAMP server it is not asking for any username password stuff I don't know why. Any help is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

I first changed the root password running mysql at a prompt with

mysql -u root -p

Update password:

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';

Edited line in the file config.inc.php with the new root password:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'MyNewPass'

Stop and re-start mysql service (in Windows: mysql_stop.bat/mysql_start.bat)

and got phpMyAdmin to work!

EDIT 2017: for MySQL≥5.7 use authentication_string in place of Password (see this answer):

UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';