[client]
host     = localhost
user     = username.
password = thepassword
socket   = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
#database = mysql

mysql_config_editor set --host=db.host.org --user=dbuser --password

mysql_config_editor set --login-path=db2 --host=db2.host.org --user=dbuser --password

mysql --login-path=db2

mysql_config_editor print --all=true