Hi I've just now installed a minimal installation but still there is a file called /etc/my.cnf ls -l /etc/my.cnf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 251 20 jan 23.36 /etc/my.cnf I have never installed mysql-server on this system. cat /etc/issue Scientific Linux release 6.0 (Carbon) Kernel \r on an \m Is it supposed to be there? Best Regards Stefan