Isaac Vetter <ivetter@math.purdue.edu> writes:
> Once I knew what the running instance's max_connections value was,
> finding it hardcoded in the init script was easy. :)
How annoying :-(. The common theory among PG admins these days is that
anything you can reasonably set in postgresql.conf should be set there,
and not via alternatives such as command-line options to the postmaster.
I'm afraid it didn't occur to me that you might be getting bitten that
way. Glad you worked it out.
regards, tom lane