另一个选项是使用whereis命令。

例如:my.cnf在哪里

对于Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS上的MariaDB 10.5 (Focal Fossa):

# The MariaDB configuration file
#
# The MariaDB/MySQL tools read configuration files in the following order:
# 0. "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" symlinks to this file, reason why all the rest is read.
# 1. "/etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf" (this file) to set global defaults,
# 2. "/etc/mysql/conf.d/*.cnf" to set global options.
# 3. "/etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/*.cnf" to set MariaDB-only options.
# 4. "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
#
# If the same option is defined multiple times, the last one will apply.

这可能有用:

strace mysql ";" 2>&1  | grep cnf

在我的机器上输出:

stat64("/etc/my.cnf", 0xbf9faafc)       = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/etc/mysql/my.cnf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4271, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/mysql/my.cnf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
read(3, "# /etc/mysql/my.cnf: The global "..., 4096) = 4096
stat64("/home/xxxxx/.my.cnf", 0xbf9faafc) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

因此，看起来/etc/mysql/my.cnf是一个，因为它的stat64()和read()是成功的。

Ubuntu 16: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf

try

mysql --verbose --help | grep -A 1 "Default options"

用户也可以执行该命令。

帮助| grep CNF