Question

I’m trying to follow along this tutorial to enable remote access to MySQL. The problem is, where should my.cnf file be located? I’m using Mac OS X Lion.

Answer 1

This thread on the MySQL forum says:

By default, the OS X installation does not use a my.cnf, and MySQL just uses the default values. To set up your own my.cnf, you could just create a file straight in /etc.

OS X provides example configuration files at /usr/local/mysql/support-files/.

And if you can’t find them there, MySQLWorkbench can create them for you by:

1. Opening a connection.
2. In the left column select "Administration" tab and then the "Options File" under "INSTANCE" in the menu.
3. MySQL Workbench will search for my.cnf and if it can’t find it, it’ll create it for you.