Thread:Project:Support desk/For *computer-novices*: Access denied for user 'user'@'localhost' (using password: YES)/reply (9)

"Check to ensure that the password is correct and that (in phpMyAdmin) 'root' is privileged to access with host 'localhost'."

How, exactly, is this done? phpMyAdmin is not necessarily in the default path of either the system sudo/root or current user. Much more detailed commands are required for novice users. Please don't assume that users know how to use locate to dig around in the filesystem, change paths, sudo, etc.. This is a profound problem with the installer, it's actually a deal-breaker for a non-technical user. Treat it more seriously please. There should be much more detailed error messages with direct links to the mediawiki.org problem reporting pages in the installer itself.