Re: postgres hab modification without restarting

Ok, I know this was an RTFM category question, I just didn`t find the
information, but I promiss I will learn more about the proper use of the
unix command 'grep', so next time I will find it easily :)

I was looking for a `crontab -e`-like editing. It lets edit the file,
checks the format, and installs if changed, doesn`t let user make
failure - for example to forget sending the signal, or writing bad
formated pg_hba.conf. Is there something like that?

Laci

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 09:15, Hornyak Laszlo wrote:
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > Is it possible to make the postmaster re-read the pg_hba.conf when needed
> > > without pg_ctl restarting the database? I think I could send a unix signal
> > > to it, it would simly re-read the file and apply the information for new
> > > incoming connection requests.
> > > I was looking for this info in the documentation and lists but I did not
> > > find anything.
> > >
> >
> > pg_ctl reload sends the signal to reread the config files
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/app-pg-ctl.html
> >
> > some parameters can only be set at server start
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/runtime-config.html
>
> I think the 'postgres' manual page explains the actual signals used.
>
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