'PhpMyAdmin keeps redirecting to login screen

I'm having troubles logging in to PhpMyAdmin. When I press "login" after typing in my credentials, it just keeps going back to the login screen. I could login perfectly a few days ago. I don't know what I've done that's causing this.

I can login to mysql perfectly in the shell (mysql -D database -u user -ppassword). My sites are running as expected. What could this be?

Edit: logging in works fine in Firefox, but not in Chrome or IE See reply #4 in this topic: https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/forums/forum/72909/topic/4479151

Thx.

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Solution 1:^[1]

After googling this issue for ages I finally figured out what it was in my case. The problem was that google chrome does a validity check against the timestamp of the cookie (or something like this). Simply make sure that the server with PMA installed on it has the correct date/time settings and isn't out of sync. This should fix your problem.

Solution 2:^[2]

If all your configurations for phpMyAdmin are correct but the problem still persists, it could be due lack of disk space. If this is the case, you can use df -h to diagnose the space problem.

My scenario was that a cron was used to create mysqldump of a large database until the space ran out. After deleting the sql dumps, phpMyAdmin logged in as it should.

Hope it helps.

Solution 3:^[3]

This occurred when i switched to HTTPS, so just check that, could also be the issue.

Solution 4:^[4]

I had same issue with phpmyadmin works fine in Firefox, IE but not Chrome. Clearing any cookies related to phpmyadmin (phpmyadmin or starting with "pma") solved it.

Solution 5:^[5]

This problem can occur as well if the directories opcache, session and wsdlcache in /var/lib/php don't have sufficient permissions

We had to change the group ownership from apache to nginx

sudo -R chown root:nginx /var/lib/php

After changing the permissions we could login with phpmyadmin

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Solution 1	YoriKv
Solution 2	sagunms
Solution 3	Strauss Bornman
Solution 4	Pham Le Loi
Solution 5	Computerdoc

'PhpMyAdmin keeps redirecting to login screen

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