你必须根据你的MySQL版本查找不同的位置。

mysqld --help -verbose | grep my.cnf

For Homebrew:
/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/8.0.11/bin/mysqld (mysqld 8.0.11)

Default possible locations:
/etc/my.cnf
/etc/mysql/my.cnf
~/.my.cnf

Found mine here: 
/usr/local/etc/my.cnf

MySQL配置文件:

/etc/my.cnf

所有很棒的建议，在我的情况下，我没有在任何这些位置找到它，但在/usr/share/mysql，我有一个RHEL虚拟机，我安装了mysql5.5

try

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

我不知道你是如何在Linux环境下安装MySQL的，但你检查过吗?

/etc/my.cnf

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.