diff --git a/resources/conf/mysql.cnf b/resources/conf/mysql.cnf
index 591d91a..b5713a7 100644
--- a/resources/conf/mysql.cnf
+++ b/resources/conf/mysql.cnf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 nice		= 0
 
 [mysqld]
-user		= root
+user		= mysql
 pid-file	= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 port		= 3306