# /etc/mysql/50-distro-client.cnf: The global mysql configuration file. # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock character-sets-dir = /usr/share/mysql/charsets loose-default-character-set=utf8 [mysql] # uncomment the next directive if you are not familiar with SQL #safe-updates [mysqldump] quick max_allowed_packet = 16M [myisamchk] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets [myisampack] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets