sudo dtruss mysqld 2>&1|grep my.cnf
/usr/local/mysql/data$ sudo dtruss mysqld 2>&1 | grep my.cnf Password: stat64("/etc/my.cnf\0", 0x7FFF5548E548, 0x7FFF5548F300) = -1 Err#2 stat64("/etc/mysql/my.cnf\0", 0x7FFF5548E5dtrace: error on enabled probe ID 2135 (ID 940: syscall::read_nocancel:return): invalid kernel access in action #12 at DIF offset 92 stat64("/usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf\0", 0x7FFF5548E548, 0x7FFF5548F300) = 0 0 open_nocancel("/usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf\0", 0x0, 0x1B6) = 3 0 stat64("/Users/jennifer/.my.cnf\0", 0x7FFF5548E548, 0x1000) = -1 Err#2
open_nocancel("/usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf\0", 0x0, 0x1B6) = 3 0
is the line to look for