Use '--initialize-insecure' to prevent creation of a password. Ensure '--defaults-file' is called first (by necessity). In the test, don't try to connect to some default MySQL server but actually use the server created. Fixes #29.

Author: jaraco

pytest_services/mysql.py

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ def mysql_system_database(
             services_log.debug('Starting mysqld.')
             check_output([
                 mysqld,
-                '--initialize',
                 '--defaults-file={0}'.format(mysql_defaults_file),
+                '--initialize-insecure',
                 '--datadir={0}'.format(mysql_data_dir),
                 '--basedir={0}'.format(mysql_base_dir),
                 '--user={0}'.format(os.environ['USER'])

tests/test_plugin.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def test_memcached(request, memcached, memcached_socket):
     assert mc.get('some') is None
 
 
-def test_mysql(mysql, mysql_connection):
+def test_mysql(mysql, mysql_connection, mysql_socket):
     """Test mysql service."""
-    conn = MySQLdb.connect(user='root')
+    conn = MySQLdb.connect(unix_socket=mysql_socket)
     assert conn