Re: when does postgresql read from pg_hba.conf ?? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Julius Tuskenis wrote:
> Hello, Alvaro Herrera
>
> 2010.04.26 18:38, Alvaro Herrera rašė:
> >Hmm, isn't the file read every time a backend starts on Windows?
> >This would explain the problem if the file was edited between 13:56:45
> >and 13:57:38.
> >
> Do you want to say that on windows postgresql acts differently?

Yes.

> The pg_hba.conf is read each time the client connects to the
> postgresql ?

Yes.

> Why there is nothing about that in documentation ? (Or did I
> manage to mis this?....)

I don't know.

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