+### authentication ###
+
+# three authentication methods:
+#
+# 1. setting the user, so that /home/user/.my.cnf is used.
+# user = some-unix-user
+#
+# 2. specifying the mysql dbuser and dbpassword,
+# which generates a temporary .my.cnf in /root/.my.cnf
+# dbusername = <some-mysql-user>
+# dbpassword = <password>
+#
+# 3. specify which config file to use with configfile
+# (this option does not work with hotcopy)
+# configfile = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
+#
+# if user and dbusername are not specified, the default is to use
+# /etc/mysql/debian.cnf for configfile.
+
+### all options ###
+
+# configfile = < path/to/file > (default = /etc/mysql/debian.cnf)
+# The config file is passed to mysql with --defaults-file.
+# On debian, this default will allow backupninja to make backups
+# of mysql without configuring any additional options.
+# (this option is not compatible with "user" or "dbusername").