Check file exists instead of relying on the exception. Leave the exception catch in, in case the file is deleted or some other issue crops up

mysql_db

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def db_create(cursor, db):
 def load_mycnf():
     config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
     mycnf = os.path.expanduser('~/.my.cnf')
+    if not os.path.exists(mycnf):
+        return False
     try:
         config.readfp(open(mycnf))
         creds = dict(user=config.get('client', 'user'),passwd=config.get('client', 'pass'))

mysql_user

@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ def privileges_grant(cursor, user,host,db_table,priv):
 def load_mycnf():
     config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
     mycnf = os.path.expanduser('~/.my.cnf')
+    if not os.path.exists(mycnf):
+        return False
     try:
         config.readfp(open(mycnf))
         creds = dict(user=config.get('client', 'user'),passwd=config.get('client', 'pass'))