diff --git a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
index 2980ed4e..e7caf573 100755
--- a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         mode: 'o+rx'
         owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
         group: '{{ frappe_user }}'
-        recurse: yes
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
 
     - name: Set home folder perms
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@
         mode: 'o+rx'
         owner: '{{ frappe_user }}'
         group: '{{ frappe_user }}'
-        recurse: yes
       when: ansible_distribution == 'MacOSX'
 
     - name: Set /tmp/.bench folder perms
diff --git a/playbooks/develop/macosx.yml b/playbooks/develop/macosx.yml
index b9175b7e..05b8c947 100644
--- a/playbooks/develop/macosx.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/macosx.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         - wkhtmltopdf
 
     - name: configure mariadb
-      include: ../prerequisites/roles/mariadb/task/main.yml
+      include: ../prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
       vars:
         mysql_conf_tpl: ../prerequisites/files/mariadb_config.cnf
 
diff --git a/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index b731d39e..bbcc7e77 100644
--- a/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 - name: Start and enable service
   service: name=mysql state=started enabled=yes
 
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ mysql_root_password }}"
+
 - include: mysql_secure_installation.yml
   when: mysql_root_password is defined
 
diff --git a/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/mysql_secure_installation.yml b/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/mysql_secure_installation.yml
index 5a326624..d1ba6c4f 100644
--- a/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/mysql_secure_installation.yml
+++ b/playbooks/prerequisites/roles/mariadb/tasks/mysql_secure_installation.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('mysecret') WHERE User='root';
 # FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ mysql_root_password }}"
 
 - name: Set root Password
   mysql_user: name=root host={{ item }} password={{ mysql_root_password }} state=present
@@ -13,30 +15,40 @@
 - name: Add .my.cnf
   template: src=my.cnf.j2 dest=/root/.my.cnf owner=root group=root mode=0600
 
+- name: display .my.cnf
+  command: cat /root/.my.cnf
+  register: details
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "{{ details.stdout_lines }}"
+
 - name: Set root Password
   mysql_user: name=root host={{ item }} password={{ mysql_root_password }} state=present
   with_items:
     - 127.0.0.1
     - ::1
-  ignore_errors: yes
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: Reload privilege tables
   command: 'mysql -ne "{{ item }}"'
   with_items:
     - FLUSH PRIVILEGES
   changed_when: False
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: Remove anonymous users
   command: 'mysql -ne "{{ item }}"'
   with_items:
     - DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User=''
   changed_when: False
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: Disallow root login remotely
   command: 'mysql -ne "{{ item }}"'
   with_items:
     - DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1')
   changed_when: False
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: Remove test database and access to it
   command: 'mysql -ne "{{ item }}"'
@@ -44,13 +56,14 @@
     - DROP DATABASE if exists test
     - DELETE FROM mysql.db WHERE Db='test' OR Db='test\\_%'
   changed_when: False
-  ignore_errors: True
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: Reload privilege tables
   command: 'mysql -ne "{{ item }}"'
   with_items:
     - FLUSH PRIVILEGES
   changed_when: False
+  when: not run_travis
 
 - name: add launchagents folder mac
   file: path=~/Library/LaunchAgents state=directory