How can I change my permissions in phpMyAdmin

Question

I am trying to set up magento on my localhost, and had to create a database for it via phpmyadmin. anyways, one of the setup steps was to enter in a user name and password, but it wouldn't let you leave the password blank so I went and changed it. now, I can't access anything... not MAMP, phpMyAdmin, any local sites, etc. I can't seem to change permissions via the command line.

I am the only user on my computer.

Answer 1

phpMyAdmin has a config file located within the same directory, called config.inc.php . Change your password there ( given that you use "config" mode to memorize password )

Answer 2

Open command line.

sudo mysql

then GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *. * TO 'new_user'@'localhost'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *. * TO 'new_user'@'localhost'; where new_user is your username

Then FLUSH PRIVILEGES; and you're good to go

PS: exit to leave mysql