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Asked: 2026-05-16T18:15:30+00:00

Possible Duplicate: How to secure phpMyAdmin I use phpmyadmin to preview the database of

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How to secure phpMyAdmin

I use phpmyadmin to preview the database of my website. However, everyone can access the login page of my phpmyadmin by simply typing example.com/phpmyadmin

I am not an expert in network security but I assume this isn’t very secure.

How can I restrict the access to the login page(maybe creating some alias like example.com/a4ebb72d ).
I heard about allowing access only for specified IPs, but it won’t help because I have dynamically assigned IP.

I’d be thankful for your tips.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’d make that server listen on 127.0.0.1 and then use port forwarding with SSH…

    Make sure, the server serving phpMyAdmin only serves to 127.0.0.1, and then run

    $ ssh -L4545:localhost:80 yourserver.com

    and then point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:4545/phpmyadmin, you should be able to access phpmyadmin as long as your SSH session is active. You can even make a shell script to automate this.

    This works with PuTTY as well.

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