How to make sql-mode=“NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION” permanent in MySQL my.cnf

Question

UPDATE FIXED 1/18/15

After we recently updated to MySQL 5.6.27 (from the Ubuntu repo), this option now works. So this appears to have been a problem with the previ

Answer 1

On Linux Mint 18 the default config file that has the sql-mode option set is located here :

/usr/my.cnf

And relevant line is:

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES

So You can set there.

If not sure what config file has such option You can search for it:

$ sudo find / -iname "*my.cnf*"

And get a list:

/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/my.cnf
/usr/my.cnf
/etc/alternatives/my.cnf
/etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
/etc/mysql/my.cnf