Question

I just installed mysql on a mac running 10.6. The mysql version is 5.1.56. I need to have mysql run on port 3307. This article says we can change the port by modifying this file:

# vi /etc/my.cnf

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/change-default-mysql-port-under-linuxunix/

but there is no such file in /etc. I can see mysql is running ok because I can connect to it just fine, is the way we change the port # different now?

Thanks

Answer 1

On OSX you can create /etc/my.cnf if it does not exist. You can base it on samples found in /usr/local/mysql/support-files. Don’t forget to restart MySQL for your my.cnf to take effect.