[ale] MySQL amx connections

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)]

I'm trying to change the number of max connections for my MySQL
server

-- my.cnf --
[mysqld]
datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data
set-variable=max_connections=250
     
[mysql.server]
user=tomcat
basedir=/usr/local/mysql


[tomcat at sam-devel mysql]$ mysqladmin  -u root -p -h 127.0.0.1 variables
| grep max_connections
Enter password: 
| max_connections                 |
100                                                                                                                                                     
Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Chris