it worked for me too.   did following: [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ mysql -uroot -pcloudera Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 234 Server version: 5.1.73 Source distribution   Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.   Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.   Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.   mysql> CREATE USER 'oozie'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'cloudera'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'oozie'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)   mysql> CREATE USER 'cm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'cloudera'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'cm'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)     and then closed and reopened the vm. It started working afterwards. Thanks for solution!. ... View more