Hi guys, maybe I just need some little kick or I should get a coffee, but I can't understand the following config file ordering difference. Reading [1] and code in mariadb-5.5.32/mysys/default.c:1226, it looks like expected order of config files in Linux should be: /etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf However, when asking for that using --help --verbose, I get a bit different output: $ /usr/libexec/mysqld --help --verbose 2>/dev/null | grep --after=1 '^Default options' | tail -n 2 Default options are read from the following files in the given order: /etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf I don't understand why /etc/my.cnf is not on the first place in that output. Can somebody give me a hint? Am I just blind? Just FTR I'm trying that on Fedora 19, but there are no changes in Fedora packages that would do anything related, so I guess the same result would be in other distros as well. [1] https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mysqld-startup-options/ Cheers, Honza