# credentials in /etc/my.cnf

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/credentials-in-etc-my-cnf/4714>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [February 11, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/credentials-in-etc-my-cnf/4714 "2016-02-11T06:55:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/credentials-in-etc-my-cnf/4714/1 "2016-02-11T06:55:30Z")

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I do have user and password speciefied in /etc/my.cnf

```auto
[client]
user=aaa
password=bbb

```

after upgrading from xtrabackup 2.2 to xtrabackup 2.3 innobackupex fails to authenticate.  
It does not read credentials from /etc/my.cnf anymore? Is this a known issue with 2.3?

Regards, Markus