Re: pgadmin Windows has no option to edit configuration files...

PgAdminIII did/does have the facility to edit the postgresql.conf & pg_hba.conf.
However, as David G. Johnston pointed out, it was limited to editing _local_ versions
of those files.

>i don't recommend doing this by hand, ...
That statement implies that you feel that using a GUI will protect you from making
errors. That is untrue. If you use a GUI to change the authentication method in the
pg_hba.conf (not to mention other critical parameters), you could easily lock out
many users upon reloading/restart. Likewise, the same applies for changing values
in postgresql.conf. Simply having an easy way to change values does not mean you will

be protected from setting them too high(or wrong). EG: setting work_mem to 1GB will be

very bad.

It is better to learn and understand WHY you need to change values, than just having
an easy way to do so.