Re: [GENERAL] reload postgresql with invalid pg_hba.conf

jotpe <jotpe@posteo.de> writes:
> A system administration applied an invalid line into the pg_hba.conf 
> file and called "service postgresql reload". Since that command doesn't 
> return any error and leaves with exit code 0 it seams that new 
> configuration was applied.

> Of course postgresql added a warning to the log file: "pg_hba.conf not 
> reloaded".
> But even when I execute SELECT pg_reload_conf(), true is returned.

> Is this the desired behavior?

I wouldn't say it's desired behavior, exactly, but there's no very
good way to improve it.  pg_ctl has no visibility into what the postmaster
is thinking.
        regards, tom lane


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