--- a/modules/website/manifests/mysql.pp	Mon Mar 09 01:34:59 2015 +0000
+++ b/modules/website/manifests/mysql.pp	Mon Mar 09 03:30:18 2015 +0000
@@ -27,17 +27,11 @@
       }
     },
   }
-  file { '/var/log/mysql':
-    ensure => directory,
-    owner => 'mysql',
-    group => 'mysql',
-    require => Class['mysql::server'],
-  }
   $username = strip($mysqluser)
   $password = strip($mysqlpassword)
   $configured_marker = '/etc/mysql/.is-configured'
   exec { 'Rename root MySQL user for security':
-    command  => "mysql -uroot -e 'UPDATE mysql.user SET User = \"$username\", Password = PASSWORD(\"$password\") WHERE User = \"root\"; DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User = ''; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;' && touch $configured_marker",
+    command  => "mysql -u root -e 'UPDATE mysql.user SET User = \"$username\", Password = PASSWORD(\"$password\") WHERE User = \"root\"; DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User = \'\'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;' && touch $configured_marker",
     provider => shell,
     creates  => $configured_marker,
     require  => Class['mysql::server'],