phpmyadmin configuration problem

Hay to every one!!!

i m working with WAMP, when we run it first time, phpmyadmin starts with NO PASSWORD, what i had done in my previouse practise? i just made changes in congfig.inc.php for the following variables to set the password:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'abc123';// it waz empty, i set its value.

$cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] = 'root'; // it waz empty, i set its value

$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] = abc123; // it waz empty, i set its value

these changes were working sucessfully, but now after making these changes i get following error:
#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

kindly some one do the favor and guide me that how can i set password, i ve also set password by phpmyadmin interface by applying MD5 function, but it also had no effect. i had also change these varible's values in phpmyadmin\...\libraries\config.defult.php, i had change the value of $cfg['Servers'][$i]['nopassword'] = FALSE; but :(

so kindly tell me the solution except these ones.

Best Regards,

Sadia Tabasum

i m using 5.0.45 version of the MySQL

Code:

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$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] = abc123;

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shouldn't that be

Code:

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$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] = "abc123";

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If you leave it without a username and password and enable cookies it will let you type your password in everytime you try to access phpMA, this may seems like a pain in the arse however it is the most secure method.

HEre is my phpMA config.inc.php

Code:

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<?php

/* $Id: config.sample.inc.php 9689 2006-11-10 20:05:49Z nijel $ */
// vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:

/**
 * phpMyAdmin sample configuration, you can use it as base for
 * manual configuration. For easier setup you can use scripts/setup.php
 *
 * All directives are explained in Documentation.html and on phpMyAdmin
 * wiki <http://wiki.cihar.com>.
 */

/*
 * This is needed for cookie based authentication to encrypt password in
 * cookie
 */
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'yt42trwe1f4346513'; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

/*
 * Servers configuration
 */
$i = 0;

/*
 * First server
 */
$i++;
/* Authentication type */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
/* Server parameters */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
/* Select mysqli if your server has it */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
/* User for advanced features */
//$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = '';
//$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = '';
/* Advanced phpMyAdmin features */
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma_bookmark';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma_relation';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma_table_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma_table_coords';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma_pdf_pages';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma_column_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma_history';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma_designer_coords';

/*
 * End of servers configuration
 */

/*
 * Directories for saving/loading files from server
 */
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';

?>

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