Bob Pawley wrote:
> In pg_hba there is a reference to reloading postmaster using pg_ctl.
>
> Does postmaster reload when the server is restarted??
depending on your OS, there's a variety of ways of forcing the
postmaster to reload or restart....
some changes require a restart, like LISTEN_ADDRESS, others just a
reload (pg_hba.conf changes), so for a restart, just replace the word
reload with restart in the following...
RHEL, Fedora, CentOS...
# service postgresql reload
other SysV init based systems...
# /etc/init.d/postgresql reload
Solaris 10, using SMF...
# svcadm refresh svc:/application/database/postgresql:version_82_64bit
(or restart instead of refresh, and the service name will vary per the
version)
most Unix systems without a OS specific service manager script...
# su - postgres -c "pg_ctl reload -D /path/to/pg/data"