Access denied error using mysql & database cookbooks

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Can’t seem to figure out what is causing this error. I’ve been using this
same cookbook for awhile and it seemed like it stopped working recently. I
tried updating to the latest versions of the cookbooks and still encounter
the issue.

Here’s my recipe:

mysql2_chef_gem “default” do
action :install
end

mysql_service “default” do
port "3306"
version "5.5"
initial_root_password "changeme"
action [:create, :start]
data_dir "/var/lib/mysql"
end

mysql_connection_info = {
:socket => “/run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock”,
:username => “root”,
:password => “changeme”
}

mysql_database “test_db” do
connection mysql_connection_info
action :create
end

This results in the following error:

[2015-09-13T11:23:01+00:00] ERROR: mysql_database[test_db]
(fletchowns::mysql line 19) had an error: Mysql2::Error: Access denied for
user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)

Here’s the output from the run:

Base box is opscode_debian-7.8_chef-provisionerless.box

I tried to ssh into the machine but couldn’t seem to connect to mysql there
either:

$ vagrant ssh
Linux packer-debian-7 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 x86_64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
You have mail.
Last login: Sun Sep 13 11:13:20 2015 from 10.0.2.2
vagrant@default-debian-78:~ ps aux | grep mysql root 17062 0.0 0.0 4184 728 ? S 11:14 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/mysql-default/my.cnf mysql 17236 0.1 1.9 330460 39956 ? Sl 11:14 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql-default/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=mysql --log-error=/var/log/mysql-default/error.log --pid-file=/run/mysql-default/mysqld.pid --socket=/run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock --port=3306 vagrant 17364 0.0 0.0 7836 876 pts/0 S+ 11:16 0:00 grep mysql vagrant@default-debian-78:~ ls -la /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep 13 11:14 /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
vagrant@default-debian-78:~$ sudo su -
root@default-debian-78:~# mysql -u root -S /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’ (using
password: YES)
root@default-debian-78:~#

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2

Seems to have been caused by the line:

data_dir "/var/lib/mysql"

Not sure why though, I didn't think there was an existing mysql
installation in that base box it would conflict with.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Greg Barker fletch@fletchowns.net wrote:

Can't seem to figure out what is causing this error. I've been using this
same cookbook for awhile and it seemed like it stopped working recently. I
tried updating to the latest versions of the cookbooks and still encounter
the issue.

Here's my recipe:

mysql2_chef_gem "default" do
action :install
end

mysql_service "default" do
port "3306"
version "5.5"
initial_root_password "changeme"
action [:create, :start]
data_dir "/var/lib/mysql"
end

mysql_connection_info = {
:socket => "/run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock",
:username => "root",
:password => "changeme"
}

mysql_database "test_db" do
connection mysql_connection_info
action :create
end

This results in the following error:

[2015-09-13T11:23:01+00:00] ERROR: mysql_database[test_db]
(fletchowns::mysql line 19) had an error: Mysql2::Error: Access denied for
user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Here's the output from the run:
chef mysql access denied · GitHub

Base box is opscode_debian-7.8_chef-provisionerless.box

I tried to ssh into the machine but couldn't seem to connect to mysql
there either:

$ vagrant ssh
Linux packer-debian-7 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 x86_64

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
You have mail.
Last login: Sun Sep 13 11:13:20 2015 from 10.0.2.2
vagrant@default-debian-78:~$ ps aux | grep mysql
root 17062 0.0 0.0 4184 728 ? S 11:14 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/etc/mysql-default/my.cnf
mysql 17236 0.1 1.9 330460 39956 ? Sl 11:14 0:00
/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql-default/my.cnf --basedir=/usr
--datadir=/var/lib/mysql --plugin-dir=/usr/lib/mysql/plugin --user=mysql
--log-error=/var/log/mysql-default/error.log
--pid-file=/run/mysql-default/mysqld.pid
--socket=/run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock --port=3306
vagrant 17364 0.0 0.0 7836 876 pts/0 S+ 11:16 0:00 grep mysql
vagrant@default-debian-78:~$ ls -la /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep 13 11:14 /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
vagrant@default-debian-78:~$ sudo su -
root@default-debian-78:~# mysql -u root -S /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
-p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using
password: YES)
root@default-debian-78:~#

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!