Hmm looks like I need to GRANT myself additional permissions... sorry for the noise

Connect to MySQL

$ mysql -u root -p

When prompted enter in the temporary password from 

/var/log/mysqld.log

Change root password, in this case we will use 

toor?Fl33t

 as default password validation requires a more complex password. For MySQL 5.7.6 and newer, use the following command:

mysql> ALTER USER "root"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "toor?Fl33t";

For MySQL 5.7.5 and older, use:

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR "root"@"localhost" = PASSWORD("toor?Fl33t");

Now issue the command

mysql> flush privileges;