如果不知道當前使用的配置文件的路徑，可以嘗試下面的操作：
# 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-log) starting as process 8253 ...
2016-06-02 16:49:41 8253 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
Default options are read from the following files in the given order:
默認的選項是按照給定的順序讀取從以下文件:
/etc/mysql/my.cnf /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf