PhpMyAdmin 404 error

Please read entire post first before making assumptions.  It is for those of us operating in an open source mysql platform that would like to manage it via phpmyadmin

If you get the error above its due to your phpmyadmin being corrupted.  It is best to uninstall phpmyadmin and then re-install it and finally follow the directions below.


Step one:
navigate to:  /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf


I used webmin as it makes a web front-end to all services on a linux server; but you can just as easily navigate via the command line with:

nano /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Step two: you need to insert a couple of lines using the below text:

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

Now all you need to do is save your changes and restart apache and enjoy.