[PATCH] max_connections setting is ignored on start on Debian 8

$ apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client#

$ echo "max_connections=3000" >> /etc/mysql/conf.d/mariadb.cnf

$ systemctl restart mysqld

$ mysql

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Your MariaDB connection id is 3

Server version: 10.1.8-MariaDB-1~jessie mariadb.org binary distribution

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MariaDB [(none)]> select @@max_connections\G

@@max_connections: 214

1 row in set (0.00 sec)