Linux Mysql Charset utf8

Linux:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

rpm -ivh MySQL-server-community-5.1.39-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

rpm -ivh MySQL-client-community-5.1.39-0.rhel5.i386.rpm

Where is my.cnf?

You should find the my-large.cnf first.

The my-large.cnf is in /usr/share/mysql/. You should copy the my-large.cnf to /etc/my.cnf.

You can modify my.cnf like this:

[mysql]

default_character_set=utf8

[mysqld]

default_character_set=utf8

If default_character_set not defined, you should add this code.