<p>Have you tried to enter the database information in your <code>.env</code> file?</p>

<p>Your password is usually <code>"root"</code> in a MAMP environment.</p>

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Marten Brosch
<p>I have installed Craft with Composer and have run the set up command.</p>

<p>When I type in my database name I always get the error:</p>

<p><code>Testing database credentials... failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)</code></p>

<p>I have tried with a Mamp Pro server set up (restarted as per another post) and with a different username (I can't seem to set a password in terminal during the setup?).  Any ideas how I can get past this final hurdle?</p>

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Craft 3 composer installation
# Craft 3 composer installation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-07)

I have installed Craft with Composer and have run the set up command.

When I type in my database name I always get the error:

`Testing database credentials... failed: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)`

I have tried with a Mamp Pro server set up (restarted as per another post) and with a different username (I can't seem to set a password in terminal during the setup?). Any ideas how I can get past this final hurdle?

**Tags:** database, craft3, composer


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Have you tried to enter the database information in your `.env` file?

Your password is usually `"root"` in a MAMP environment.


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