MySQL Error 1290: MySQL server is running with the -secure-file-priv

Which MySQL client you are using ? When you connect remotely you need to use server IP instead of localhost

I'm using MySQL Workbench. I followed the Linode instructions for setting up the MySQL server and pointing it to local and connecting to the server through Putty and creating a tunnel for localhost. The client connects fine, just not allowing me in load any data from files.

UPDATE:

I've found a little more information on the error and the consensus is that the secure-file-priv needs to be disabled/commented out. I have ran the query "SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "serverfilepriv"" to find the path and was directed to /var/lib/mysql-files/ on my Ubuntu server. However, going to this directory shows no files.

ls /var/lib/mysql-files/ results in no files listed and when using NANO against mysql-files it states it's a directory (just tested for good measure).

ls -la in that directory results in this:

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I'm logged in as the root account, is there something I'm missing that would cause this file to not show within the directory? Thanks~~

I was misinterpreting the documentation. So the /var/lib/mysql-files is the default directory that the MySQL Server will read files from using the LOAD/INSERT commands. The documentation states that the secure-file-priv needs to be set to blank in order to be disabled/open. I have ran the mysqld –verbose --help to find the list of commands and have attempted to set it to blank using the mysqld --secure-file-priv command but it's still showing the file directory as being the default. Has anyone figured out how to disable this feature? Thanks