How to make MySQL table name case insensitive in Ubuntu?

I am using Ubuntu 13.10 and MySQL 5.6 and I know database name and table name are case sensitive in Ubuntu (and some other *nix environments) by default.

Now, I want to make MySQL work as case insensitive in Ubuntu.

Is it possible? If yes, how can I do it?

Open terminal and edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf

sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Underneath the [mysqld] section.add:

lower_case_table_names = 1

Restart mysql

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

Then check it here:

mysqladmin -u root -p variables

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