I just installed phpMyAdmin on a server and I am looking to add http authentication to it. The documentation says that I need to edit a file called config.inc.php (I’m guessing that it is located in /srv/www/htdocs/phpMyAdmin) but that file does not exist, the closest thing I have is config.sample.inc.php. Do I need to create the config file by hand telling it what authentication meathod to use?
Hi
That would be the file you would use as a template and copy it in the
appropriate directory and rename it to config.inc.php and edit as
required.
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As to why it isn’t there… if it was included it would get overwritten when you update it.
Is /srv/www/htdocs/phpMyAdmin not the correct directory for that config? If so then I don’t need to move it anywhere just copy and rename it.
Yes, it’s whatever directory the template is in. I would copy and modify so that you have a pristine original you can compare against to see what you have changed later.
Thanks I have the config file set up with the desired authentication type. I also made a copy of that in case the config file is deleted in a upgrade/update as Axeia had mentioned.
That’s not quite what I meant, no harm done though.
The package you manually download or install via YaST contains a config.sample.inc.php but it uses config.inc.php
If they would include the config.inc.php in the package, then when you install a new version the config.inc.php gets overwritten… undo’ing any changes you might have made to it.
By forcing the user to use a file that’s not actually in the package this problem is avoided, so you’d be safe without a backup… but no harm in having one 