MariaDB 5.5-56 not reading the my.cnf file and taking default values Permissions are correct. I actually went ahead and opened the file up to everyone (I know... big no-no but it's a closed off lab) any idea why MariaDB 5.5-56 wouldn't read the my.cnf file and just take default settings?
On a Linux OS, make sure the file /etc/my.cnf is owned by root.