Re: Choosing the correct my.cnf

/etc/my.cnf is the *global* configuration file. Settings for a specific mysql server do not belong there. Server-specific settings go in that server's data directory. This is described in the manual and

Choosing the correct my.cnf

Hello, I have two installations of mysql on my computer a stable 4.x version and the aplha 5.x version. I want to use a separate my.cnf file for my 5.x version. But as soon as I start the mysqld_safe it tries to read /etc/my.cnf which belongs to my 4.x server. This ofcourse is not what I want. I ha