#1045 cannot log in to the mysql server - PhpMyAdmin

[lukaz32]

I don't know what else to try, I just can't get this working. I open the login page of phpmyadmin trying to log in as root an it keeps giving me the message "#1045 Cannot log in to the MySQL server"

I try to set a new password to root by typing:


/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

and it gives me:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

I think that it might be missing some extra configs. in my php.ini

Can anyone help me out?