Error 2002 when installing phpmyadmin

[selmore95]

Hi,

I have attempted to install phpmyadmin, however, when I login, I get this error:

#2002 Cannot log in to the MySQL server

I have installed MySQL from the source RPMs posted on Mysql.com. Here is my config.inc.php incase it is needed:

<?php
/*
* Generated configuration file
* Generated by: phpMyAdmin 3.4.3.2 setup script
* Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:36:40 +0400
*/

/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;

/* Server: localhost [1] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = 3306;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';

/* End of servers configuration */

$cfg['DefaultLang'] = 'en';
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';
$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 1;
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';
?>

[falko]

Are there any errors in your logs? What's the output of

netstat -tap

?

[selmore95]

Here is the output:
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 1548/sshd
tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTEN 1378/sendmail: acce
tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 11943/mysqld
tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN 11501/lighttpd
tcp 0 52 kansascity.clogg.in:ssh adsl-69-219-239-93.ds:56083 ESTABLISHED 1475/sshd: root@pts

[falko]

Looks ok. Can you log in with the username and password on the shell that you use for phpMyAdmin?

mysql -u username -p