by Christina_Juanito » 27. April 2015 04:02
I have at last managed to reverse the password
and I am posting the procedure here for anyone with the
same problem:
1. Make sure the servers (Apache Web Server,MySQL, ProFTPD) are running
2. Go through Finder on Mac to
- Applications -> XAMPP -> bin -> mysqladmin (it's a Unix Executable File, open it)
- The terminal you opened describes the basic commands you can use and other info
which I do not comprehend at the time
- With Cmnd+N or Shell -> New Command you are opening a new command window
(it is actually the same procedure you did to change the password at the first time)
- Type
/Applications/XAMPP/bin/mysqladmin --user=root --password=thepasswordyouenteredbefore password ""
and push enter
* the password you entered before without "" around it
* the "" section is for returning to not having a password, that' s why we type nothing inside the "" .
* After this you go again in "No security mode" and I do not know yet how to apply security, but I guess I
will find out soon. At least the nightmare of access denied is over...
It' s done!
It gives you the following warning:
Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Now you can enter your phpMyAdmin again !