Workaround If you do not know the path of MySQL currently using the configuration file (MY.CNF)

If you do not know the path to the profile you are currently using, you can try the following: # which mysqld/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld #/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld-- Verbose--help |grep-a 1 ' Default options '2016-06-02 16:49:39 0 [Note]/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld (mysqld 5.6.25-lo g) Starting as Process 8253 ... 2016-06-02 16:49:41 8253 [Note] Plugin ' federated ' is disabled. Default options is read from the following files in the given order: the defaults option is to fetch from the following files in the order given:/etc/mysql/my.cnf/etc /MY.CNF ~/.my.cnf

Workaround If you do not know the path of MySQL currently using the configuration file (MY.CNF)