[CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

Hi all,

 I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display
special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store
plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf:

[mysqld]
init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci'
init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8'
character-set-server = utf8
collation-server = utf8_general_ci

[client]
default-character-set = utf8

but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea??

Thanks.