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Installing phpMyAdmin
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When our control user is defined, we fill in the parameters as in the
following example:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'bingo';
I use the bingo password when I teach phpMyAdmin; it is recommended
to avoid using the same password for your own installation.
Logging Out
Since version 2.10, a mechanism is available to indicate to phpMyAdmin which URL
it should pass control after a logout. This feature works for all authentication types.
Here is an example:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['LogoutURL'] = 'http://www.mydomain.com';
This directive must contain an absolute URL, including the protocol.
HTTP Authentication
This mode, http, is the traditional mode offered in HTTP, in which the browser asks
for the username and password, sends them to phpMyAdmin, and keeps sending
them until all the browser's windows are closed.
To enable this mode, we simply use the following line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
This mode has some limitations:
PHP, depending on the version, might not support HTTP authentication. It
works when PHP is running as a module under Apache; for other cases, we
should consult the PHP documentation for our version.
If we want to protect phpMyAdmin's directory with a .
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