Debian Allow MySQL root user to login using phpMyAdmin
On Debian/Ubuntu by default MySQL root user can only login from local accounts.
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
MariaDB [(none)]> select plugin from mysql.user where user='root'; +-------------+ | plugin | +-------------+ | unix_socket | +-------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) MariaDB [(none)]> |
To enable login from phpMyAdmin, you need to set plugin to “mysql_native_password”.
To do this, login to MySQL as user root, then run
|
1 |
update mysql.user set plugin='mysql_native_password' where user='root'; |