Able to reproduce the issue with PXC-5.6.25. Backup script is not picking wsrep_sst_auth value as expected.
** Error info
151020 06:32:07 innobackupex: Connecting to MySQL server with DSN 'dbi:mysql:;mysql_read_default_file=/etc/my.cnf;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;mysql_socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' as 'sstuser' (using password: NO).
innobackupex: got a fatal error with the following stacktrace: at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 3011.
main::mysql_connect('abort_on_error', 1) called at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 1570
innobackupex: Error: Failed to connect to MySQL server: DBI connect(';mysql_read_default_file=/etc/my.cnf;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;mysql_socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock','sstuser',...) failed: Access denied for user 'sstuser'@'localhost' (using password: NO) at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 2995.
[root@Dock1 mysql]#
Able to reproduce the issue with PXC-5.6.25. Backup script is not picking wsrep_sst_auth value as expected.
** Error info
151020 06:32:07 innobackupex: Connecting to MySQL server with DSN 'dbi:mysql: ;mysql_ read_default_ file=/etc/ my.cnf; mysql_read_ default_ group=xtrabacku p;mysql_ socket= /var/lib/ mysql/mysql. sock' as 'sstuser' (using password: NO). innobackupex line 3011. mysql_connect( 'abort_ on_error' , 1) called at /usr//bin/ innobackupex line 1570 ';mysql_ read_default_ file=/etc/ my.cnf; mysql_read_ default_ group=xtrabacku p;mysql_ socket= /var/lib/ mysql/mysql. sock',' sstuser' ,...) failed: Access denied for user 'sstuser' @'localhost' (using password: NO) at /usr//bin/ innobackupex line 2995.
innobackupex: got a fatal error with the following stacktrace: at /usr//bin/
main::
innobackupex: Error: Failed to connect to MySQL server: DBI connect(
[root@Dock1 mysql]#
** my.cnf
wsrep_sst_ auth="sstuser: s3cret"