Can anyone confirm that phpMyAdmin AllowNoPassword works with MySQL databases?

Php Problem Overview

I have a version of phpMyAdmin located on my local Apache server.

I am trying to login without a password however phpMyAdmin keeps throwing the warning: >Login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see AllowNoPassword)

However in my config.php file for phpMyAdmin I have set:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

So I don't know why the message is still appearing.

Php Solutions

Solution 1 - Php

Copy config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php.

In most cases you will find the config file

on linux: /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
on mac: /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

If you are trying to log in as root, you should have the following lines in your config:

>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

Solution 2 - Php

According to this: https://www.simplified.guide/phpmyadmin/enable-login-without-password

This $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE; should be added twice in /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

if (!empty($dbname)) {
    // other configuration options
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;
    // it should be placed before the following line
    $i++;
}

// other configuration options
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Solution 3 - Php

I tested the statement:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = true;

It did not work out for me.

Instead

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

worked.

Thanks!

Solution 4 - Php

You might have made the same silly mistake that I did, by not removing the // making it a comment.

The line should be like this, but not as a comment.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Solution 5 - Php

Yes not working! I spent whole day with this stupid phpMyAdmin. Just add a new user with a password

1 - Login to mysql or mariadb mysql -u root -p

2 - Run these SQL commands to create a new user with all permissions (or grant your custom permissions)

CREATE USER 'someone'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'someone'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

2 - Go to /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php and change this:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']          = 'someone';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']      = 'password';

WARNING: This config is for localhost development server only, If you're running a production server you must use strong credentials and not setting user pass in config.inc.php

Solution 6 - Php

Make sure you don't add or uncomment the AllowNoPassword option after the $i++ line.

/* Uncomment the following to enable logging in to passwordless accounts, * after taking note of the associated security risks. */

 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Solution 7 - Php

Just in file /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php, uncomment or add the line(if not there),

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

It works just Awesome!

if you have any doubt restart apache.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Cheers!!!

Solution 8 - Php

I had the same problem. Edit config.inc.php didn't work, similary as reinstall phpmyadmin, apache or mysql. Only way is using password to log in to phpmyadmin.

How to set password:

Do everything from below script:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Run:

sudo mysql

Change authentication method of password for root and set password:

mysql> SELECT user,authentication_string,plugin,host FROM mysql.user;

Run:

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

exit mysql.

Now you can log to phpmyadmin correctly.

Solution 9 - Php

I have the same problem here, then I reinstalled mysql and it worked.

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-common mysql-client

Solution 10 - Php

I had a same problem, and I solved my problem.
First go to config.default.php and change

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

Solution 11 - Php

> ## login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see allownopassword)

In ubuntu 20.04 and MYSQL 8.0.x I had the same problem and I tried to allow PHPMyAdmin not to using passwords.

So for this you can open the config file by using this command:

sudo nano /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

Then use CTRL+w to find $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] in PHPMyAdmin`s config file:

/* Uncomment the following to enable logging in to passwordless accounts,
     * after taking note of the associated security risks. */
//$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Uncomment the line by removing the // like this:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Use CTRL+o to save the file and then CTRL+x to exit from the file.
After that restart the MySQL by this command:

sudo service mysql restart

Try to access PHPMyAdmin in your local http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/

Solution 12 - Php

After a lot of trials I found the following solution.

This will work if you copied all phpmyadmin files in /var/www

go to your copied location of phpmyadmin folder in /var/www

copy the config.sample.inc.php file as config.inc.php

edit in config.inc.php the following line:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

(In original file it was false, change it as true and save it.)

Then you will be able to login phpmyadmin without password.

Solution 13 - Php

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

yes the above answer is correct, but it's not secure, you can login root user directlyinto phpMyAdmin.

If you want to create new user with password and give grant permission, execute the below command in MySQL on terminal, Login into your server on terminal,

  # mysql

 mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO  'user-name'@'%'  IDENTIFIED BY  'password'   REQUIRE NONE WITH GRANT OPTION MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0 MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 0;

Solution 14 - Php

For me I had to set the auth type to config in addition to the setting the allow no password option in the config.inc.php file.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Solution 15 - Php

Others may find, as I did, (working in OS X 10.10.1) that the situation for MAMP PRO (at least in the current release, 3.0.7.3, is different.

All my attempts to apply the remedies suggested here failed. Upon examining the PHP error log I discovered that the index.php that is operating (in /Libary/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/index.php -- at line 43, is deciding NOT to go to the config.inc.php that is discussed here (at /Applications/MAMP/bin/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php) but rather to /Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php.

Furthermore, there is no such file there (after a 'successful' install of MAMP PRO), so I'm stuck with the error, and furtherfuthermore, every time I try to put the correct file there, when I restart MAMP PRO, it is not there anymore - something is automatically refreshed to eliminate the config.inc.php I'm putting there. My workaround for now is to do this in MAMP instead of MAMP PRO.

Solution 16 - Php

I had to install MariaDB. I am using OpenSUSE LINUX Leap 15 and had to execute these commands:

sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-tools
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql //enable auto start at boot time3
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Source.

Solution 17 - Php

It works; just thought this would be helpful to someone in the future.

If you are working with MAMP, as a security measure, the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true; usually will be missing in the config.inc.php file so if you want to use phpMyAdmin without a password for root then simply add it preferably after the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = array(); statement.

Then Restart your server just to be sure and you will be good to go.

Solution 18 - Php

After lots of struggle I found here you go:

open folder -> xampp
then open -> phpmyadmin
finally open -> config.inc

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

Put SHA256 inside single quotations like this one

830bbca930d5e417ae4249931838e2c70ca0365044268fa0ede75e33aff677de

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '830bbca930d5e417ae4249931838e2c70ca0365044268fa0ede75e33aff677de
';

I found this when I was downloading updated version of phpmyadmin. I wish this solution help you.

Solution 19 - Php

My problem was in config.inc.php <? changed to <?php

Solution 20 - Php

vim /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

sudo -H gedit /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

uncomment this below line

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

Then, exit and save the file using the following command,

:wq

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