installed LEMP on Ubuntu, configured nginx, dns, installed phpMyAdmin .

now trying to configure phpMyAdmin , but in admin area it shows 2 errors:

1. The phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not completely configured, some extended features have been deactivated. To find out why click here.

• i did install phpMyAdmin configuration storage as per this tutorial - http://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/setup.html#linked-tables

1. Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.

• i did set up the pma user and gave hime permissions as per this tutorial - http://askubuntu.com/questions/261858/the-phpmyadmin-configuration-storage-is-not-completely-configured

i also noticed there are two locations with config.inc.php - one in etc/phpmyadmin and another in usr/share/phpmyadmin. entering pma user and pass in etc/phpmyadmin fixes problem 2, but nothing fixes problem 1.

any ideas?

thx