

- #INSTALL PHPMYADMIN UBUNTU 20.04 WITH NGINX INSTALL#
- #INSTALL PHPMYADMIN UBUNTU 20.04 WITH NGINX PASSWORD#
This is most common tactic followed by bots to get access to phpmyadmin. $cfg = FALSE ĭisable MySQL root login to phpmyadmin dashboard Change phpmyadmin web interface URL Generally, phpmyadmin is installed under /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ directory and its configuration files are stored in /etc/phpmyadmin directory.Įdit phpmyadmin config file: $ sudo nano /etc/phpmyadmin/Īdd/modify the following parameters: Since we already have a dedicated user, we can safely disable mysql root login to access phpmyadmin dashboard to minimize the attacks. This is why we created a dedicated user in the previous section. Disable MySQL root login to phpmyadmin dashboardĪllowing mysql root user to access phpMyAdmin dashboard is not safe, especially when managing databases over network. However, they will at least slow down any attempts of a perpetrator to break into your phpmyadmin dashboard. Please note that the following steps alone couldn't protect phpMyAdmin 100% secure. This section provides a few tips to secure PhpMyAdmin installation. Next give the appropriate privileges to the 'phpmyadminuser' using command: mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO WITH GRANT OPTION įinally exit from mysql shell: mysql> exitĭedicated user to access phpMyAdmin dashboard Secure phpMyAdmin
#INSTALL PHPMYADMIN UBUNTU 20.04 WITH NGINX PASSWORD#
The password for phpmyadminuser is Replace these values with your own. You will now be in mysql shell.Įnter the following command to create a new dedicated user for phpmyadmin: mysql> CREATE USER IDENTIFIED BY phpmyadmin is the new user for accessing phpmyadmin dashboard. To do so, login to mysql shell using command: $ mysql -u root -pĮnter your mysql root password. However, it is recommended to create a dedicated user to manage databases via phpMyAdmin web interface. You can login to phpmyAdmin dashboard using 'phpmyadmin' user or mysql root user as shown above. Once phpMyAdmin is installed, a database user named 'phpmyadmin' will be automatically created with the administrative password you set during the installation. Create dedicated user to access phpMyAdmin dashboard This will usually leave this package without a functional database.įrom here, you can create, delete and manage databases. * ignore - Continues the operation ignoring dbconfig-common errors.


Solved the underlying problem since the time the error occurred. * retry (skip questions) - Immediately attempts the operation again, Setting) and makes another attempt at performing the operation. (including ones you may have missed due to the debconf priority * retry - Prompts once more with all the configuration questions
#INSTALL PHPMYADMIN UBUNTU 20.04 WITH NGINX INSTALL#
Install other packages until the installation failure is resolved. This will usually also impact your ability to Reinstall, reconfigure this package, or otherwise manually intervene * abort - Causes the operation to fail you will need to downgrade, Mysql said: ERROR 1819 (HY000) at line 1: Your password does not satisfy Re-enter MySQL application password for phpmyadminĪs of writing this guide, when I tried to set the password for phpmyadmin, it throws the following error: An error occurred while installing the database:
