[CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

From: C. L. Martinez <carlopmart at gmail.com>

> [mysqld]
> init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci'
> init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8'
> character-set-server = utf8
> collation-server = utf8_general_ci
> but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea??

Ony difference from ours is:
init_connect='set collation_connection = utf8_general_ci; set character set utf8;'

JD