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MySQL Access Denied From Within Docker Containers

A few days ago I ran into some very odd behavior. Even though I was setting my usernames and passwords via Docker secrets (so the same file on the db container and the app container), MySQL was throwing Access Denied errors at me.

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Journal
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2008-10-24 Added a New Page
2021-02-27 Back to Drupal
2007-08-04 Been a while
2009-10-19 Bible Notes: 10-19-2009
2009-10-24 Bible Notes: Acts 4:32-37
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Opinion
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2010-09-21 A link that points out some of the double thinking going on
2010-01-13 A Quick Look at Gun Control
2009-10-12 A Reply to a Comment on My Health Care Story
2011-07-09 A true "Liberal" speaks out
2010-11-09 An Abortion Survivor
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Technical
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2017-06-08 Amazon Drive Unlimited plan is going away
2012-05-24 Checking a LDAP Password in PHP
2015-11-08 Checking out the Drupal 8 RC
2017-03-10 Comcast's Internet Data Limit is terrible
2014-11-20 Digital Rights Management should be considered actively harmful
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Review
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2008-06-05 Babylon 5
2007-12-20 Dragonfire by Donita K. Paul
2008-07-16 DragonLight, by Donita K. Paul
2009-07-28 Eyes Wide Open by Jud Wilhite, with Bill Taaffe
2010-06-17 Gurren Lagann
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Fiction
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2018-01-02 A Chilly Day
2007-04-10 An Elf and a Rock and the End of the World
2007-04-10 How To Become A Dwarf
2018-01-01 Paychecks versus Purrs
2007-04-10 Problems With Images and Egos
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