host parameter in .my.cnf is ignored

[Francesco]

I have a .my.cnf in my home directory which sets the default host to 127.0.0.1.
I can connect to mysql if I type just "mysql" in the console, but it doesn't work with the percona-toolkit tools.
(in my case, I can't connect to localhost because I have skip_name_resolve=1)

root@db01:~# cat ~/.my.cnf
[client]
user=root
password=xxxx
host=127.0.0.1

root@db01:~# pt-deadlock-logger
DBI connect(';host=localhost;mysql_read_default_group=client','',...) failed: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /usr/bin/pt-deadlock-logger line 2435.

root@db01:~# pt-deadlock-logger -h 127.0.0.1
server ts thread txn_id txn_time user hostname ip db tbl idx lock_type lock_mode wait_hold victim query

[Jericho Rivera (jericho-rivera)]

which specific version of pt-deadlock-logger are you using? does other toolkit tools able to connect using you .my.cnf or only pt-deadlock-logger has this type of issue?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for Percona Toolkit because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Shahriyar Rzayev (rzayev-sehriyar)]

Percona now uses JIRA for bug reports so this bug report is migrated to: https://jira.percona.com/browse/PT-1433