diff --git a/cookbooks/lamp/templates/default/mysql-50-server.cnf b/cookbooks/lamp/templates/default/mysql-50-server.cnf
index 7e7056c..cdca044 100644
--- a/cookbooks/lamp/templates/default/mysql-50-server.cnf
+++ b/cookbooks/lamp/templates/default/mysql-50-server.cnf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #
 # * Basic Settings
 #
-user		= vagrant
+user		= root
 pid-file	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 port		= 3306
@@ -126,4 +126,4 @@ collation-server      = utf8mb4_general_ci
 # This group is only read by MariaDB-10.0 servers.
 # If you use the same .cnf file for MariaDB of different versions,
 # use this group for options that older servers don't understand
-[mariadb-10.0]
\ No newline at end of file
+[mariadb-10.0]