Phpmyadmin upgrade lost config.inc.php

[NemoXP]

Hello.
After the last update to ajax phpmyadmin i lost a password to pma user. Is there any way i can find out the password or a backup of that file?
The location of the file is in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin , and it was a automated update.

Please?
Thanks.

[NemoXP]

so, i found a archive made by me long time ago... so the problem now is : find a backup to phpmyadmin made by cpanel (before update). Is there such a backup?

[Infopro]

Can you please clarify this a bit more? You installed your own version of phpMyAdmin?

cPanel does not backup cPanel before updating, no.

[NemoXP]

No, i have not installed my own version.
I just modified some files in the past, and after a automatic update, those files were rewritten, and i asked if cpanel backups its files before update.
So, "cPanel does not backup cPanel before updating, no." is enough.
Thanks

[Infopro]

I just modified some files in the past, and after a automatic update, those files were rewritten

Correct. All cPanel files are updated to the latest versions or checked and refreshed to make sure they are as cPanel needs them to be, to operate properly.

[NemoXP]

and now another question: is there any file that i can modify so that "designer view" will remain active?

[Infopro]

The only way to prevent cPanel from touching a file I believe is to make it immutable.

You might be better off installing your own phpMyAdmin and lock it down tight. That install of phpMyAdmin will not be touched of course.

[cPanelDavidG]

The only way to prevent cPanel from touching a file I believe is to make it immutable.

You might be better off installing your own phpMyAdmin and lock it down tight. That install of phpMyAdmin will not be touched of course.

Please do not make files immutable, this will cause issues when updating cPanel.

Instead, in the interim you can use the cpanel.exclude file but that will stop working once we start distributing phpMyAdmin via RPM (which may happen in 11.36) - but at that point you can just make your own RPM and tell cPanel to use that instead of what we supply, which is a more robust solution to this long-term issue.

[NemoXP]

ok, great, or i can just follow my own tutorial every time phpmyadmin update is made

/http://catalin.hutanu.ro/learning/phpmyadmin-designer-view/

[cPanelKenneth]

/etc/cpanelsync.exclude will not prevent modifications to files distributed inside a tarball. It only prevents modifications to files distributed directly by cpanelsync. Thus it is not possible with cpanelsync.exclude to prevent modifications to applications such as phpMyAdmin, Horde or other 3rd party applications that are distributed by, and installed from, tarballs.

[cPanelTristan]

You could create a postupcp script and a postmysqlup script to copy your file back into place (saving the file in /root or somewhere safe where it won't be removed). Those files would be created in /usr/local/cpanel/scripts location. All the script has to do is just copy the file back to the location and it would run at the end of upcp or mysqlup commands.

[feldon27]

Considering the atrocious AJAXification of phpMyAdmin that I have to keep turning off to save my sanity, perhaps a way to override or extend the config file should be built into cPanel/WHM.

[cPanelTristan]

It might be ideal to post a feature request to allow PHPMyAdmin file setting changes at Feature Requests for cPanel & WHM

Right now, feature requests are posted there for extending or changing the current options available with cPanel and WHM.