phpMyAdmin login fails with Percona Tools optimization of my.cnf

[Jan_SEO]

After installing an optimized version of my.cnf from tools.percona.com the phpMyAdmin login fails for both regular MySQL users and the root user (based on Plesk admin login).

The error returned by phpMyAdmin is:

#1130 Cannot log in to the MySQL server

When I restore the old my.cnf, the error is gone and login succeeds.

The my.cnf from tools.percona.com is the following:

Generated by Percona Configuration Wizard version REL5-20120208[mysql]# CLIENT #port = 3306socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock[mysqld]# GENERAL #user = mysqldefault_storage_engine = InnoDBsocket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sockpid_file = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid# MyISAM #key_buffer_size = 32Mmyisam_recover = FORCE,BACKUP# SAFETY #max_allowed_packet = 16Mmax_connect_errors = 1000000skip_name_resolvesql_mode = sysdate_is_now = 1innodb = FORCEinnodb_strict_mode = 1# DATA STORAGE #datadir = /var/lib/mysql/# BINARY LOGGING #log_bin = /var/lib/mysql/mysql-binexpire_logs_days = 14sync_binlog = 1# CACHES AND LIMITS #tmp_table_size = 32Mmax_heap_table_size = 32Mquery_cache_type = 0query_cache_size = 0max_connections = 500thread_cache_size = 50open_files_limit = 65535table_definition_cache = 1024table_open_cache = 2048# INNODB #innodb_flush_method = O_DIRECTinnodb_log_files_in_group = 2innodb_log_file_size = 128Minnodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1innodb_file_per_table = 1innodb_buffer_pool_size = 2G# LOGGING #log_error = /var/lib/mysql/mysql-error.loglog_queries_not_using_indexes = 1slow_query_log = 1slow_query_log_file = /var/lib/mysql/mysql-slow.log

Does anyone have an idea what option is the cause?

[gmouse]

Different data directory perhaps? What is your old config file?

[Jan_SEO]

Dear gmouse,

Thanks a lot for the reply!

The old config is the following:

[mysqld]datadir=/var/lib/mysqlsocket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sockuser=mysql# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security riskssymbolic-links=0# Semisynchronous Replication# dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/replication-semisync.html# uncomment next line on MASTER;plugin-load=rpl_semi_sync_master=semisync_master.so# uncomment next line on SLAVE;plugin-load=rpl_semi_sync_slave=semisync_slave.so# Others options for Semisynchronous Replication;rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled=1;rpl_semi_sync_master_timeout=10;rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled=1# dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/performance-schema.html;performance_schema[mysqld_safe]log-error=/var/log/mysqld.logpid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

When I return this config (and delete ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1 files) and restart MySQL, I am able to login to phpMyAdmin again. (using regular authentication via a form)