How to reset MySQL password? [Answered]
Posted: 07. December 2012 03:47
I feel like someone just gave me the keys to the car on the day I got my drivers' license, and I ran into a tree when I was backing out of the driveway.
Got everything running and noticed a security warning that I'd installed MySQL 'root' without a password, and I should change it immediately. So I did but now phpmyadmin and Joomla cannot connect to it. I'm not even sure where I change it. It's even possible that I told phpmyadmin to look for a new password that I had not yet set in mysql. So ...
Where are the places that I can set/update the root user password for mysql so that xampp, mysql, apache, and joomla all talk to each other?
Got everything running and noticed a security warning that I'd installed MySQL 'root' without a password, and I should change it immediately. So I did but now phpmyadmin and Joomla cannot connect to it. I'm not even sure where I change it. It's even possible that I told phpmyadmin to look for a new password that I had not yet set in mysql. So ...
Where are the places that I can set/update the root user password for mysql so that xampp, mysql, apache, and joomla all talk to each other?