使用locate my.cnf命令可以列出所有的my.cnf文件 ,如下列所示
[root@dev-mkt1 ~]# locate my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf
/etc/my.cnf20140219_bak
/opt/mysql-5.1.50/mysql-test/include/default_my.cnf
/opt/mysql-5.1.50/mysql-test/suite/federated/my.cnf
/opt/mysql-5.1.50/mysql-test/suite/ndb/my.cnf
/opt/mysql-5.1.50/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf
/opt/mysql-5.1.50/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-test/include/default_my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-test/suite/federated/my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-test/suite/ndb/my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-test/suite/rpl/my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/mysql-test/suite/rpl_ndb/my.cnf
查看是否使用了指定目录的my.cnf可以使用ps aux|grep mysql|grep 'my.cnf'命令查看,结果和上面列出的列表对比查看,mysql使用的配置文件是哪个,如果没有就使用mysql --help|grep 'my.cnf'命令查看mysql默认读取配置的目录,如下:
[root@dev-mkt1 bin]# mysql --help|grep 'my.cnf'
order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT,
/etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf