# fatal error: no '/database/mysql' option in group 'mysqld' in MySQL options

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/fatal-error-no-database-mysql-option-in-group-mysqld-in-mysql-options/2930>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [September 10, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fatal-error-no-database-mysql-option-in-group-mysqld-in-mysql-options/2930 "2013-09-10T20:51:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sonny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sonny](https://forums.percona.com/u/sonny)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fatal-error-no-database-mysql-option-in-group-mysqld-in-mysql-options/2930/1 "2013-09-10T20:51:33Z")

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anyone knows how to solve this? default datadir, /var/lib/mysql is link to /database/mysql.

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**Author:** ![przemek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/przemek/32/3_2.png) [@przemek](https://forums.percona.com/u/przemek)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/fatal-error-no-database-mysql-option-in-group-mysqld-in-mysql-options/2930/2 "2013-09-11T05:53:37Z")

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Please provide what exact MySQL and XtraBackup (xtrabackup --version) versions are you running, and also paste your my.cnf here.