# vi /etc/my.cnf

[mysqld]

init_connect='SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci'

init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'

character-set-server=utf8

collation-server=utf8_general_ci

skip-character-set-client-handshake

[client]
default-character-set=utf8

[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8