/etc/my.cnf - Qu'est-ce qui me manque?

error: Found option without preceding group in config file: /etc/my.cnf at line: 1

Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted

[root@host backup]#cat /etc/my.cnf

max_allowed_packet=100M

datadir=/var/lib/mysql

socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock

user=mysql

# Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x

# clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package).

old_passwords=1



[mysqld_safe]

log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log

pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid



[mysqldump]

max_allowed_packet=100M