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

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';
`

Answer 2

The problem was I have 2 instances of Mysql installed and I didn't know the password for both instances.Just check if port 80 is used by any of the programs.
This is what I did
1.Quit Skype because it was using port 80.(Please check if port 80 is used by any other program).
2.Search for Mysql services in task manager and stop it.
3.Now delete all the related mysql files.Make sure you delete all the files.
4.Reinstall

Answer 3

Well, there are many solutions already given above. If there are none of them works, maybe you should just try to reset your password again to 'root' as described here, and then reopen http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ in other browser. At least this solution works for me.

Answer 4

This worked for me.
In your config file
$cfg['Servers']['$i']['password'] = 'yourpassword';
In your mysql shell, login as root
mysql -u root
change your password or update if you've forgotten the old one
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('yourpassword') WHERE User='root';
stop and restart your mysql server from the xampp control panel. phpmyadmin can login to see your databases

Answer 5

mysql.exe->Run as administrator or go to following path C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.24\bin and than right click on mysql.exe go to properties and than select tab as Compatibility and see the bottom of dialog box in privilege level and just check the Run this program as an administrator and then click apply ok.finished now you open success phpMyadmin. bye

Answer 6

mysql -u root -p
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('mypass') WHERE User='root';
Flush the privileges: FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit by typing: Exit
Edited line in the file config.inc.php with the new root password: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'mypass'
be succss

Answer 7

Go to 'config.inc.php'. Write your password over here - $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] =''

Answer 8

This process is quite simple in correcting the the error. What is happening is a failure to connect to phpMyAdmin. In order to fix the problem you simply need to provide the correct password to the system phpMyAdmin configuration file located in apps\phpMyadmin\config.ini.php
1. the root should already be set as user
2. Insert the password between ' ' and that it.
If you still have problems then this means that the user name and /or the password need to be updated or inserted into the DB. to do this use the command line tool and do an update.
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('Johnny59 or whatever you want to use') WHERE User='root';

Answer 9

Go to config.inc.php, find $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] and remove any password provided, i.e change $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password'; with $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
Now you can launch phpMyAdmin
Selecting Users menu from phpMyAdmin, select the root user and click Edit previlidges.
Now scroll down to Change Password area, switch between No Password and Password to provide your new password.
that's it.

Answer 10

I had the same error today. I had installed Djangostack and when I checked my task manager there were two instances of mysqld running. I checked one was for wamp server and the other was for django stack. I ended the one for django stack, restarted all services in wamp server and I was able to access phpmyadmin

Answer 11

after installation i started wamp and i was asked for user and pass which were already set on default (user:admin pass: dots), and that was wrong with a message from your topic. Than, i just entered:
Username: root
Password: (leave it empty)
and it worked for me!!

Answer 12

Go to C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin
Edit the config.inc.php file
Replace $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; by
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
For now on the PHPMyAdmin will ask you for your password, no more error.

Answer 13

Try the following code:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
if you see Password column field as 'No' for the 'root' user in Users Overview page of phpMyAdmin.

Answer 14

with MariaDb, above solutions doesn't works.
Use (exemple below with ubuntu 16.04 and mariadb-server Distrib 10.0.28):
sudo mysql_secure_installation
…
Change the root password? [Y/n]
New password:

Answer 15

I have encountered similar mistakes, and later found that my password is wrong.

Answer 16

For UNIX, try this. It worked for me:
connect MySQL use Navicat Premium with inital root/"password"
UPDATE mysql.user
SET authentication_string = PASSWORD('MyNewPass'), password_expired = 'N'
WHERE User = 'root' AND Host = 'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
restart MySQL

Answer 17

First you have to go config.inc.php file then change the following instruction
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] ='';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] ='';
or

Answer 18

If you arrived here because you can't log into your phpMyAdmin, then try the root password from your Mysql instead of the password you put during phpMyAdmin installation.

Answer 19

Just now I have this situation and I have tried this way which is very easy.
First stop your mysql service using this command:
service mysql stop
and then just again start your mysql service using this command
service mysql start
I hope it may help others... :)

Answer 20

After I updated my MySql, I was getting the same error message.
It turned out that after installing a different version on MySql, inside the my.ini, the port was different. Previous MySql version had port 3306 but the new one have port 3308.
Check your MySql my.ini, if it is different use the port from .ini in your connection.

Answer 21

php artisan serve
this command get the env contents for the first time and if you update .env file need to restart it.
in my case my username and dbname is valid and php artisan migrate worked
but need to cntrl+c , to cancel php artisan serve , and run it again
php artisan serve

Answer 22

Check the name of Environment Variable
Case with me:
I was using sqlalchemy in a python-flask project and got this issue.
IDE used: PyCharm
In my config.py file I had setup SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI as:
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.getenv("DATABASE_URI")
Mistake I did (it was a silly mistake 😅)
While setting evironment_variables in PyCharm, I did:
SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=<my_db_uri>
Solution
I changed the above to:
DATABASE_URI=<my_db_uri>
Namaste 🙏

Answer 23

In the my.ini file in C:\xampp\mysql\bin, add the following line after the [mysqld] command under #Mysql Server:
skip-grant-tables
This should remove the error 1045.

Answer 24

if multiple myslq running on same port no
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Right click on wamp and test port 3306
if its wampmysqld64 its correct else change port no and restart server