title: mysql 5.6 ubuntu 15.04 cannot find correct my.cnf file
body: <p>I am attempting to move a mysql db onto an upgraded server with a newer version of ubuntu running (15.04), and after installing LAMP, I went to edit the bind address in the my.cnf file. The below is all I see in /etc/mysql/my.cnf. I added [mysqld] and the bind address  = new address but nothing seems to allow my remote client to connect to this db. It is online and the ip address should be correct. What am i missing? Why is this my.cnf so bare?</p>
  
  <pre><code>#
  # The MySQL database server configuration file.
  #
  # You can copy this to one of:
  # - "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" to set global options,
  # - "~/.my.cnf" to set user-specific options.
  # 
  # One can use all long options that the program supports.
  # Run program with --help to get a list of available options and with
  # --print-defaults to see which it would actually understand and use.
  #
  # For explanations see
  # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/server-system-variables.html
  
  #
  # * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file!
  #   The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored.
  #
  
  !includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
  !includedir /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/
  </code></pre>