TRACKED PROBLEM DOWN FINALLY.
DID A COMPLETE REINSTALL OF MAMP PRO , UNDERSTOOD THE DEFAULT PASSWORD FOR ROOT TO BE ROOT AND HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT PREMISE, SO I DECIDED TO CHANGE ROUTES PASSWORD ... AND IT WORKED.
SO CHANGED ROOT PASSWORD TO ROOT AND IT WORKED AGAIN, THIS TIME I DELETED THE PASSWORD AND THE PROBLEM RE-APPEARED
HAVE TRIED IT OUT AN IT WORKS FINE,.
JUST SHOWS THAT IT DOESNT PAY TO ASSUME DEFAULTS ARE NOT ALWAYS IN PLACE