Subject: Missing CMD_PMA in DirectAdmin 1.677 – phpMyAdmin SSO Broken

[tweemaalj]

Hi all,

I’m stuck with the One-Click phpMyAdmin button in DirectAdmin 1.677. In the panel under Account Manager → Databases → phpMyAdmin, I get:

Error Failed to open phpMyAdmin
see attachment)

Environment

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• DirectAdmin v1.677
• CustomBuild fully updated
• MariaDB 10.6 (socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock)
• PHP 8.1 + phpMyAdmin 5.2.2

Troubleshooting steps taken

1. MySQL credentials/config

- Removed all leftover /root/.my.cnf and /etc/mysql/my.cnf so only /usr/local/directadmin/conf/mysql.conf remains
- CLI test passes:
mysql --defaults-extra-file=/usr/local/directadmin/conf/mysql.conf
--execute="SHOW DATABASES;"

2. Core update attempts
- Ran CustomBuild: ./build update_da && ./build directadmin
- Ran the bundled update script:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts
sudo ./update.sh

No /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/CMD_PMA appeared

3. Manual plugin creation
- Created /usr/local/directadmin/plugins/phpMyAdmin/ with valid plugin.conf and admin/index.html (redirect to /CMD_PMA/...)
- Set owner to diradmin:diradmin and chmod 755
→ Plugin now “Active: Yes”, but button still fails

4. UI “Add Plugin” attempts

-Tried both addons/phpMyAdmin-5.2.2.tar.gz and all-languages bundles
-Always 404 or “not in gzip format” errors
- Web Applications → phpMyAdmin
Installs only the standalone webapp under /var/www/html, not the DirectAdmin panel-plugin


Current situation

- The CMD_PMA SSO script is completely missing from /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/.
- Without CMD_PMA, DirectAdmin cannot generate SSO tokens, so the phpMyAdmin button will never work.
- ]All documented methods (CustomBuild, update.sh, UI plugin installer) have failed to restore it.



Questions

- Is there an official CMD_PMA download or patch for DirectAdmin v1.677?
- Are there any additional steps beyond CustomBuild and update.sh to restore core scripts?
- Has anyone else encountered this and found a workaround that doesn’t rely on manual redirects or cookie-auth


Any pointers or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Jan

 

[tweemaalj]

My god 2 days work, solution lies in the front-end ... just filling in the password on directadmin tab
Most simple ui-setting ever.

Ok for the ones who also get lost in their terminals...

 

[fln]

Hi, please open a support ticket. The SSO for the PhpMyAdmin should work out of the box as long as one_click_pma_login=1 is set in the directadmin.conf. Having access to the server we could narrow down the problem.

 

[tweemaalj]

Thanks! Did that already, but didn't see in the UI the empty password field at tab administrator settings.

Very stupid, but i fixed it.