xampp 1.8.0 phpmyadmin access forbidden[solved]

Prolem
after upgrade to 1.8.0 from 1.7.7 under Ubuntu 12.04, i am not able to open PHPMyAdmin.
Even though i am on localhost i get this error message:
Access forbidden!

New XAMPP security concept:

Access to the requested object is only available from the local network.

This setting can be configured in the file "httpd-xampp.conf".

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 403

localhost
Apache/2.4.2 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.1c PHP/5.4.4


Answer:

Re: Error 403 for phpmyadmin [Solved]

by MrJxN » 14. July 2012 22:11

I was searching for this as I had the exact same problem. I tried the OP's solution first and it worked a charm. Thanks 

In case this makes it more clear (especially for beginners), the steps I took (After backing up the original httpd-xampp.conf) :

In a terminal:

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sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf

In gedit, Find: 


And add the line to the :
Require all granted

After this, the section reads:

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    AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Require all granted

Save the file, close gedit, then back at the terminal:

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/opt/lampp/lampp restart

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ now correctly loads.

MrJxN