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How To Set The MySQL Root Password in Localhost Using WAMP

This document provides instructions for setting the MySQL root password in three ways using a WAMP server on localhost: 1) Using the MySQL console and entering commands to set the password for the root user account from localhost, 127.0.0.1, and ::1. 2) Using the SQL Buddy GUI tool to edit the root user accounts and set the same password. 3) Using phpMyAdmin by editing the root user privileges and setting the same password, then configuring phpMyAdmin if an error occurs by setting the root password in the config file.

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How To Set The MySQL Root Password in Localhost Using WAMP

This document provides instructions for setting the MySQL root password in three ways using a WAMP server on localhost: 1) Using the MySQL console and entering commands to set the password for the root user account from localhost, 127.0.0.1, and ::1. 2) Using the SQL Buddy GUI tool to edit the root user accounts and set the same password. 3) Using phpMyAdmin by editing the root user privileges and setting the same password, then configuring phpMyAdmin if an error occurs by setting the root password in the config file.

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How to set the MySQL root password in localhost using WAMP

September 12, 2015 by Henry 9 Comments

In this post I will like to show you how to set the MySQL root account password in 3 different ways.
This is a very important step in your WAMP Server setup and although is not required for local
development, I still suggest creating a root password as good practice. If you are using WAMP to share
your website online then I STRONGLY recommend a strong password with upper and lower case letters
and numbers and perhaps throwing in a couples of symbols too.
The 3 ways I will be discussing here are, 1) by going to the MySQL console and typing the appropriate
commands, 2) via the GUI (graphical user interface) using SQL Buddy and 3) via PHPMyAdmin.
Lets begin,
1. Using the MySQL Console
On the wamp menu go to MySQL > MySQL console.

Hit enter as there is no password. Enter the following commands:


mysql> SET PASSWORD for 'root'@'localhost' = password('enteryourpassword');
mysql> SET PASSWORD for 'root'@'127.0.0.1' = password('enteryourpassword');
mysql> SET PASSWORD for 'root'@'::1' = password('enteryourpassword');
Thats it, I keep the passwords the same to keep things simple. If you want to check the users table to
see that the info has been updated just enter the additional commands as shown below. This is a good
option to check that you have indeed entered the same password for all hosts.

2. Using SQL Buddy


This is the way I typically do it. Just open SQL Buddy and go to the Users option on the left. Select all
host with a user root and click edit.

Enter your password for all users and hit submit for each user. Each time you hit submit you will see a
message: Your changes were saved to the database.

Thats it. And again you can check the User table in the mysql database to check that you have entered
the same password for all hosts.

SQL Buddy will log you out and take you back to the login screen after once you have changed the root
password. Have no fear, just enter your new password on the log in screen and you should be fine.
3. Using phpMyAdmin
Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and click on USER

On one of the root accounts click on Edit Privileges. Enter the new password twice and click on GO. Do
this for the remaining root accounts. I suggest making the password the same for all three accounts.

Just like SQL Buddy, phpMyAdmin will log you out once you have changed the root password. In this
case, you will get an error if you have not configured phpMyAdmin to prompt you for a password.
Here is how to fix this error:

Error #1045 Access denied for user root@locahost (using password: yes)
Open the config.inc.php file found in C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin4.1.x and look for /* Authentication
type */ around line 28.
Set your password for the root account by entering it between the single quotes in the following line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'mypassword';

Replace mypassword with your own password of course. This should get you back to phpMyAdmin.

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