diff --git a/roles/slurmdb/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/roles/slurmdb/templates/my.cnf.j2
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--- a/roles/slurmdb/templates/my.cnf.j2
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-[client]
-user=root
-password={{ slurmDbRootPassword }}