diff --git a/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/config.inc.php b/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/config.inc.php
index 323ff14e5..045f2fb6e 100644
--- a/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/config.inc.php
+++ b/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/config.inc.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ $i++;
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'School Server Mysql Database';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
diff --git a/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/mkuser b/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/mkuser
index b7f22aa68..ac71b542e 100644
--- a/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/mkuser
+++ b/roles/phpmyadmin/templates/mkuser
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CREATE USER 'Admin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'changeme';
-GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'Admin'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
+GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'Admin'@'localhost';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;