Re: Unable To Gain Access to "phpMyAdmin" Through Internet Browser

"Harlequin" <michael.mason@arraspeople.co.uk> wrote in message news:20040721212002.30620.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi All. I'm hoping someone can help here because my Hosting provider's > technical support haven't got a clue. > > I am unable to get into my phpMyAdmin area using Internet explorer. I'm > challenged but cannot get in. I've tried: > > domain name FTP username and password > the MySQL username and password > I've even tried "root" > > This is dumb I know. But I need to get in. > > I have FTP access to the directory and can even open the htaccess files and > have downloaded the "config.inc.php3" file but am unsure what to change and > where. > > Can anyone help please...? I'm usually protecting my phpMyAdmin dir with a .htaccess password protection. Then change the following lines in config.inc.php: $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = 'http://www.yourdomain.de/phpmyadmin/'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; // Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)? $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'user'; // MySQL user $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password'; // MySQL password (only needed with 'config' auth_type) And this if you only have one database (otherwise leave blank): $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = 'dbname'; // If set to a db-name, only Of course you have got to change the values to your access values you got from your ISP. Hope it helps, Torsten Roehr