I have a test Linux server running the database for test, but locally I'm working on a windows. This means that my `lower_case_table_names` variable is set to `1`, so basically my table names case sensitive, whereas it's set to `0` by default on Linux.

I tried altering the variable in the `my.ini` located in my installation directory (`C:\Program Files\MariaDB 10.0\data\my.ini`). Before these changes apply, I do need to restart the service.

I went into my services and stopped the `MySql` service. Trying to start it again however, I get error:

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> 1067: the process terminated unexpectedly
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So I suppose MariaDB cannot understand the `my.ini` configuration.

As I understood it by reading the documentation, this is one of the ways to actually do this. Removing the `lower_case_table_names` variable from the `my.ini` file, the service can start again.

How can I set the variable so my tables names are case-sensitive?

**EDIT**

Setting that variable to either `1`or `2` the service can start fine again.