[chef] Access denied error using mysql & database cookbooks

[Greg Barker < >]

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: https://gist.github.com/fletchowns/66c13db76d20be182597

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.
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Last login: Sun Sep 13 11:13:20 2015 from 10.0.2.2
:~$ 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
:~$ ls -la /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Sep 13 11:14 /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock
:~$ sudo su -
:~# mysql -u root -S /run/mysql-default/mysqld.sock -p
Enter password:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
:~#

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!