cannot login phpmyadmin root

However this did work (manurevah.com/blah/en/p/Re-Allowing-root-access-to-PhpMyAdmin) From shell login as root: mysql -u root -p mysql Remove the plugin value from root: update user set plugin='' where user='root'; Flush: flush privileges; To set it back use to disallow root via phpmyadmin: update user set plugin='unix_socket' where user='root'; login simda fmis