The config file has sections specified by section_name. All the parameters related to a section can be put under them, for example:
[mysqld] <---section name<parameter_name> = <value> <---parameter values[client]<parameter_name> = <value>[mysqldump]<parameter_name> = <value>[mysqld_safe]<parameter_name> = <value>[server]<parameter_name> = <value>
- [mysql]: Section is read by the mysql command-line client
- [client]: Section is read by all connecting clients (including mysql cli)
- [mysqld]: Section is read by the mysql server
- [mysqldump]: The section is read by the backup utility called mysqldump
- [mysqld_safe]: Read by the mysqld_safe process (MySQL Server Startup Script)
Apart from that the mysqld_safe process reads all options ...
