# pt-summary cannot find config file

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/pt-summary-cannot-find-config-file/3509>\
**Category:** Percona Toolkit\
**Created:** [May 28, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pt-summary-cannot-find-config-file/3509 "2014-05-28T08:10:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@dvan](https://forums.percona.com/u/dvan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pt-summary-cannot-find-config-file/3509/1 "2014-05-28T08:10:04Z")

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The following works fine,

pt-mysql-summary --config=/usr/local/mysql/my.cnf --defaults-file=/mampstack/mypercdvd.cnf --all-databases

but I get:

# Configuration File

Config File | Cannot autodetect or find, giving up

Any way to get that working?

Thx  
D

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**Author:** ![mirfan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/mirfan/32/16890_2.png) [@mirfan](https://forums.percona.com/u/mirfan)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pt-summary-cannot-find-config-file/3509/2 "2014-06-01T14:21:35Z")

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What you get’s without options ? like below.

$ pt-mysql-summary – --user=root --password=

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**Author:** ![brd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/brd/32/1313_2.png) [@brd](https://forums.percona.com/u/brd)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pt-summary-cannot-find-config-file/3509/3 "2020-04-23T03:54:13Z")

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Do not confuse Percona toolkit configuration file with MySQL .cnf.  
**–config** is for Percona toolkit  
**–defaults-file** and DSN **F** specifier is for MySQL .cnf  
e.g. to connect to a DSN with the account in .cnf use

```auto
h=127.0.0.1,P=3366,F=./pt.cnf<br>[client]<br>user = ...<br>password = ...<br>

```