Chapter 11, Section 5: mysql Both codelistings 11.4 and 11.5 refer to editing the file /etc/mysql/my.cnf without specifying what file to actually edit. This is not stated anywhere in the doc and should be updated. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Just in case it's not clear, the doc in question can be found at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml SOrry for the confusion.
Fixed. Thanks for reporting.