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Asked: May 18, 20222022-05-18T17:47:18+00:00 2022-05-18T17:47:18+00:00In: php

How to deal with the the configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret) errors?

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I get the “the configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret)” issue when trying to login to phpMyAdmin. Here is the detail of the error I got the error message:

the configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret).
Server: Localhost via UNIX socket Server type: MySQL Server version: 5.5.34 - Source distribution Protocol version: 10

Please give me some advice to solve this problem.

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    lyytutoria Expert
    2022-06-14T04:10:17+00:00Added an answer on June 14, 2022 at 4:10 am

    The cause:

    ”The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret)” is just a “secret string” as "my personal secret".

    Now a secret pass (blowfish secret) is now required in the configuration file. After each phpmyadmin is set up, this error will appear on your screen.

    Solution:

    This error can be solved simply by opening config.inc.php ( or use this name config.sample.inc.php instead of config.inc.php if you have not done yet ) and replacing following line:

    $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

    by

    $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'y[/qlva{kNheGD5hfzFLrNoS-ZX\zQ/';

    Simply access to this https://phpsolved.com/phpmyadmin-blowfish-secret-generator/?g=5d94be5065c70 to create new blowfish secret.

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  2. Lou Peltier
    2022-05-25T20:42:03+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2022 at 8:42 pm

    This might help, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PhpMyAdmin#Add_blowfish_secret_passphrase

    When you log in to /phpmyadmin for the first time using a previously created MySQL username and password, you will see the following error message:

    ERROR: The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret) 

    Add a blowfish password in the phpMyAdmin config file. Edit /etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php and insert a random blowfish “password” in the line

    $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */ 

    Now it should look like this:

    $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'qtdRoGmbc9{8IZr323xYcSN]0s)r$9b_JUnb{~Xz'; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */ 

    This assumes that you have already created the config file.

    cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php
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