Julien

Hello Larry, Thank you for these explanations. Bit by bit I start understanding how it works. Regarding the database upgrade, I had upgraded it before changing the password and it works like that anyway. So I just disregard the error message. Best regards, Julien

Just one more: Now when I open MAMP, it asks me to upgrade MySQL Databases. And when I try to do so, I get the following message: mysql_upgrade: Got error: 1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) while connecting to the MySQL server Upgrade process encountered error and will not continue.

Hello Larry, Thank you for your swift support. It was indeed all explained in your book. I was simply not taking it in the correct order. My bad. After changing the password, my Terminal showed this message: Warning: Since password will be sent to server in plain text, use ssl connection to ensure password safety. How can I check if my Internet provider gives me a SSL connection? Now, this shows that actually I don't understand what is MAMP (or XAMPP). So I'm going to ask a series of questions that will probably look stupid to you (sorry about that): What happens for example, when I place files in the htdocs folder? Does it "stay" on my computer or is it "sent" over the Internet? I don't understand what is the risk? When I am going to create a web site, am I going to create and manage my database directly on the space provided by a web-hosting provider through phpMyAdmin or will I do this first on MAMP and then upload it on the server?

Hello Larry & nomadsoulkarma, Thank you for your help. i changed the password and the config.inc.php file and I can still access phpMyAdmin from MAMP. So I guess it's alright.

Dear Larry, I installed MAMP (version 5.01) on my Mac and I tried changing the password of the MySQL root user following the instruction on the MAMP web site, i.e. passing the following command in terminal: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password Then I am asked to enter a password. But when I do so I get: connect to server at 'localhost' failed error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)' I tried doing it again and entering 'YES' as a password (we never know, it might work), but I get the same result. Now, is it really necessary to change the root user password if I am going to use MAMP only to learn and what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.