I'm making use of MAMP, but seems like the very same challenge. I altered my root password by way of phpMyAdmin and received locked out as described. I saw this thread and attempted to get it dealing with the new password however the config updates did not appear to be https://hbr-case-study-help48614.ampedpages.com/detailed-notes-on-hire-someone-to-write-my-case-study-63747056