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    def check_mysql_user(self, user, password, host=None):
        print '\nverifying password of user %s ... ' % user,
        kwargs = dict(host=host or self.mysql_host,
                      port=self.mysql_port,
                      user=user,
                      passwd=password)

        try:
            conn = MySQLdb.connect(**kwargs)
        except Exception, e:
            pdb.set_trace()
            if isinstance(e, MySQLdb.OperationalError):
                raise InvalidAnswer('Failed to connect to mysql server using user "%s" and password "***": %s' \
                                    % (user, e.args[1]))
            else:
                raise InvalidAnswer('Failed to connect to mysql server using user "%s" and password "***": %s' \
                                    % (user, e))