diff -burNp phpMyAdmin-3.1.0-all-languages/libraries/config.default.php phpMyAdmin-3.1.0-all-languages-new/libraries/config.default.php
--- phpMyAdmin-3.1.0-all-languages/libraries/config.default.php	2008-11-28 14:21:00.000000000 +0100
+++ phpMyAdmin-3.1.0-all-languages-new/libraries/config.default.php	2008-12-02 10:31:40.200149063 +0100
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config'
  *
  * @global string $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']
  */
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'mysql';
 
 /**
  * MySQL password (only needed with 'config' auth_type)