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Mysqld--verbose--help:

Can be realistic MySQL configuration options

The MySQL configuration file my.cnf call order (mysqld--verbose--help output has the following print):

Default options is read from the following files in the given order:
/ETC/MY.CNF/ETC/MYSQL/MY.CNF/USR/LOCAL/MYSQL/ETC/MY.CNF ~/.my.cnf

Installation (full installation Help reference install-binary file):

To install and use a MySQL binary distribution, the basic command sequence looks like this:
shell> Groupadd MySQL
Shell> useradd-r-G MySQL MySQL
Shell> cd/usr/local
Shell> Tar zxvf/path/to/mysql-version-os.tar.gz
shell> ln-s Full-path-to-mysql-version-os MySQL
shell> CD MySQL
Shell> chown-r MySQL.
Shell> chgrp-r MySQL.
Shell> scripts/mysql_install_db--user=mysql
Shell> chown-r Root.
shell> chown-r MySQL Data
Shell> Bin/mysqld_safe--user=mysql &
# Next command is optional
shell> CP Support-files/mysql.server/etc/init.d/mysql.server

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