Re: PostgreSQL vs FreeBSD 7.0 as regular user

In article <Pine(dot)GSO(dot)4(dot)64(dot)0807261714200(dot)29072(at)westnet(dot)com>,
Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com> wrote:

% Looks like the PostgreSQL documentation here (
% http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/kernel-resources.html ) is
% now outdated. From http://www.manpages.info/freebsd/sysctl.8.html :
%
% "The -w option has been deprecated and is silently ignored."
%
% Looks like the correct thing to do here now is to edit the
% /etc/sysctl.conf file, then issue:
%
% /etc/rc.d/sysctl reload

I guess this would work, but you can still change variables from the
command-line. It's just that -w isn't required any more (i.e., the same
command works with or without the -w flag). I'm not sure the docs should
change, since -w is still required at least on NetBSD.
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Patrick TJ McPhee
North York Canada
ptjm(at)interlog(dot)com