diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/defaults/admin/SqlLogin b/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/defaults/admin/SqlLogin
deleted file mode 100644
index d8649da..0000000
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/defaults/admin/SqlLogin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-root
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/migrate/98AdminSqlPass b/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/migrate/98AdminSqlPass
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f2f804..0000000
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/db/accounts/migrate/98AdminSqlPass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-use esmith::util;
-
-my $admin = $DB->get('admin') || return;
-my $pw = $admin->prop('SqlPassword');
-
-unless ($pw){
-    $admin->set_prop('SqlPassword',  esmith::util::LdapPassword());
-}
-
-}
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/phpMyAdmin/sso.inc.php/10All b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/phpMyAdmin/sso.inc.php/10All
index f510273..1a6c975 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/phpMyAdmin/sso.inc.php/10All
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/phpMyAdmin/sso.inc.php/10All
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 
-use Digest::SHA1 qw(sha1_hex);
 use esmith::AccountsDB;
+use esmith::util;
 my $a = esmith::AccountsDB->open_ro or die "Couldn't open AccountsDB\n";
 
 $OUT .= "// login and password for MySQL access\n";
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ foreach my $u ($a->users,$a->get('admin')){
     my $user = $u->key;
     my $login = $u->prop('SqlLogin') || '';
     my $pass = $u->prop('SqlPassword') || '';
+    # Members of the admins group automatically have
+    # full privileges on MySQL
+    if (($a->is_user_in_group($user,'admins')) || ($a->is_user_in_group($user,'mysqladmins'))){
+        $login = 'root';
+        $pass = esmith::util::LdapPassword();
+    }
     next unless (($login ne '') && ($pass ne ''));
     $OUT .= "// Credentials for $user\n";
     $OUT .= '$login["'.$user.'"] = "'.$login."\";\n";
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf/075phpMyadmin b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf/075phpMyadmin
index 04b2fce..f3b3136 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf/075phpMyadmin
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/var/lib/lemonldap-ng/conf/lmConf/075phpMyadmin
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $conf->{'exportedHeaders'}->{"sql.$domain"} = {
 
 
 $conf->{'locationRules'}->{"sql.$domain"} = {
-    'default' => '$groups =~ /\\badmins\\b/',
+    'default' => '$groups =~ /\\badmins|mysqladmins\\b/',
 } unless ($conf->{'locationRules'}->{"sql.$domain"});
 
 $conf->{'applicationList'}->{'030admin'}->{'phpmyadmin'} = {