SETTING PASSWORDS FOR XAMPP ON MAC
I set the password for :
Xampp/phpMyadmin
MySQL root
FTP daemon
Refering to the thread here
To secure Xampp, launch Terminal in Applications/Utilities and run:
sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp security
You’ll be asked if you want to set a password for phpMyadmin, for MySQL, for FTP, etc.
It went quiet smooth.