Re: 7.2 pg_hba.conf load on SIGHUP?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Command Prompt, Inc(dot)" <pgsql-general(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.2 pg_hba.conf load on SIGHUP?
Date: 2001-11-16 02:25:58
Message-ID: 200111160225.fAG2Pwd26295@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hello,
>
> Question. In 7.2 the pg_hba.conf file will only be read on a
> SIGHUP (kill -HUP). What are the external factors to this?
> Will a HUP cause the child postgres processes to restart as well?

No, SIGHUP to postmaster. It is caught and reloads config files,
similar to other Internet daemons.

> What if a transaction is occuring at the time of the HUP?

Again, no effect on children of postmaster.

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