Hi,
even if it is a good feature to run phpMyAdmin out of the box on a dev system with root and no pw i think we should limit this ...
possible we could add an config switch and/or version check
if version is dev, from svn or forced by config ($cfg['allow_root_with_no_pw']) allow root with no pass
if version is release deny root with no password (except it is forced by config switch to be allowed)
and phpMyAdmin should trigger_error to log this error and report a generic security error message to the user 'security error, please check php errror log for further details'
what do you think about?