Thread: doc: mention pg_reload_conf() in pg_hba.conf documentation

doc: mention pg_reload_conf() in pg_hba.conf documentation

From
Ian Barwick
Date:
Hi

I noticed the documentation for pg_hba.conf:

   https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

says:

     you will need to signal the postmaster (using pg_ctl reload or kill -HUP) to
     make it re-read the file.

It would be useful to mention pg_reload_conf() as another option here, as done
elsewhere in the docs.

Patch with suggested change attached.


Regards

Ian Barwick


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Re: doc: mention pg_reload_conf() in pg_hba.conf documentation

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:47:18PM +0900, Ian Barwick wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I noticed the documentation for pg_hba.conf:
> 
>   https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-pg-hba-conf.html
> 
> says:
> 
>     you will need to signal the postmaster (using pg_ctl reload or kill -HUP) to
>     make it re-read the file.
> 
> It would be useful to mention pg_reload_conf() as another option here, as done
> elsewhere in the docs.
> 
> Patch with suggested change attached.

Oh, good point.  Not sure how we missed that, but I had to fix a mention
in pg_hba.conf a while ago too.  Also, there were two mentions in that
file, so I fixed them both with the attached patch.  Backpatched to 9.4.

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Re: doc: mention pg_reload_conf() in pg_hba.conf documentation

From
Ian Barwick
Date:
On 7/16/19 10:09 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 12:47:18PM +0900, Ian Barwick wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I noticed the documentation for pg_hba.conf:
>>
>>    https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-pg-hba-conf.html
>>
>> says:
>>
>>      you will need to signal the postmaster (using pg_ctl reload or kill -HUP) to
>>      make it re-read the file.
>>
>> It would be useful to mention pg_reload_conf() as another option here, as done
>> elsewhere in the docs.
>>
>> Patch with suggested change attached.
> 
> Oh, good point.  Not sure how we missed that, but I had to fix a mention
> in pg_hba.conf a while ago too.  Also, there were two mentions in that
> file, so I fixed them both with the attached patch.  Backpatched to 9.4.

Thanks!

I only noticed it because I was writing up some basic instructions for someone
not very familiar with Pg, and cross-referencing to the documentation.


Regards

Ian Barwick


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