why can't I find my.cnf?

Question

I did updatedb. I did locate my.cnf

But I cannot find it? Nothing.

(I installed MYSQL using aptitude install mysql-server, and mysql does work right now.)

Solution 1

What is your operating system ? On Debian Linux, it is located on /etc/mysql/my.cnf. If your cannot find it, you can create one from scratch using this documentation.

Solution 2

You can try following command:

find /etc -name *.cnf

it will show you all locations of *.cnf files