title: Cant login as root with no password to phpmyadmin
body: <p>Here is my config.inc.php file, since I upgraded to 11.10 all of a sudden I can't login as root with no password.  I have set the directives correctly so this is rather confusing as to why it won't allow this anymore.  Any help?    </p>
  
  <p>
  
  <pre><code>$i = 0;
  $i++;
  
  if (is_readable('/etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php')) {
      require('/etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php');
  } else {
      error_log('phpmyadmin: Failed to load /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php.'
          . ' Check group www-data has read access.');
  }
  
  /* Configure according to dbconfig-common if enabled */
  if (!empty($dbname)) {
      /* Authentication type */
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
      /* Server parameters */
      if (empty($dbserver)) $dbserver = 'localhost';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = $dbserver;
  
      if (!empty($dbport) || $dbserver != 'localhost') {
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = $dbport;
      }
      //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
      /* Select mysqli if your server has it */
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
      /* Optional: User for advanced features */
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = $dbuser;
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = $dbpass;
      /* Optional: Advanced phpMyAdmin features */
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = $dbname;
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma_bookmark';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma_relation';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma_table_info';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma_table_coords';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma_pdf_pages';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma_column_info';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma_history';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma_designer_coords';
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma_tracking';
  
      /* Uncomment the following to enable logging in to passwordless accounts,
       * after taking note of the associated security risks. */
      $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;
  
      /* Advance to next server for rest of config */
      $i++;
  }
  
  /* Authentication type */
  //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
  /* Server parameters */
  //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
  //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
  //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
  /* Select mysqli if your server has it */
  //$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
  /* Optional: User for advanced features */
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'pmapass';
  /* Optional: Advanced phpMyAdmin features */
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma_bookmark';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma_relation';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma_table_info';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma_table_coords';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma_pdf_pages';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma_column_info';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma_history';
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma_designer_coords';
  /* Uncomment the following to enable logging in to passwordless accounts,
   * after taking note of the associated security risks. */
  // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;
  
  /*
   * End of servers configuration
   */
  
  /*
   * Directories for saving/loading files from server
   */
  $cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
  $cfg['SaveDir'] = '';
  </code></pre>