On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr at gmail.com> wrote: > I've been having some trouble creating a mysql user that can connect to > the database from localhost. It's always been a straight forward thing to > do in the past, so its time for a sanity check, if you guys don't mind. > Hi Tim, You should keep in mind the security-related changes coming in MySQL 5..7, if you ever choose to upgrade. https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-nutshell.html http://mysqlserverteam.com/whats-new-in-mysql-5-7-so-far/ Repos https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/repo/yum/ Best, FC