Re: order of reading the conf files - Mailing list pgsql-general

From bhargav kamineni
Subject Re: order of reading the conf files
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In response to Re: order of reading the conf files  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Thanks a lot Stephen.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:53 PM Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
Greetings,

* Thomas Kellerer (spam_eater@gmx.net) wrote:
> Stephen Frost schrieb am 06.12.2018 um 15:52:
> > The regular postgresql.conf file is read first, then
> > postgresql.auto.conf and then pg_hba.conf and pg_ident.conf.  We can't
> > read pg_hba.conf/pg_ident.conf before reading postgresql.conf and
> > postgresql.auto.conf because their location is specified in
> > postgresql.conf/postgresql.auto.conf.
>
> When are the .conf files read that are included from within "postgresql.conf"?
> The manual is not clear about that.

At the time we hit the 'include' line.

> Are they processed before "postgresql.auto.conf" or after?

postgresql.auto.conf is always last.

Thanks!

Stephen

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