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. Read More »