phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL
database server. It is still the system administrator's job to grant
permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin's :guilabel:`Users`
page can be used for this.
phpMyAdmin is included in most Linux distributions. It is recommended to use
distribution packages when possible - they usually provide integration to your
distribution and you will automatically get security updates from your distribution.
Most Debian and Ubuntu versions include a phpMyAdmin package, but be aware that
the configuration file is maintained in ``/etc/phpmyadmin`` and may differ in
some ways from the official phpMyAdmin documentation. Specifically, it does:
* Configuration of a web server (works for Apache and lighttpd).
* Creating of :ref:`linked-tables` using dbconfig-common.
* Securing setup script, see :ref:`debian-setup`.
More specific details about installing Debian or Ubuntu packages are available
`in our wiki <https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/wiki/DebianUbuntu>`_.
More information can be found in `README.Debian <https://salsa.debian.org/phpmyadmin-team/phpmyadmin/blob/debian/latest/debian/README.Debian>`_
(it is installed as :file:`/usr/share/doc/phpmyadmin/README.Debian` with the package).
OpenSUSE already comes with phpMyAdmin package, just install packages from
the `openSUSE Build Service <https://software.opensuse.org/package/phpMyAdmin>`_.