All - many thanks I'm now looking at the 'correct' file
locsng=# show listen_addresses;
listen_addresses
------------------
*
(1 row)
locsng=#
Austen
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-----Original Message-----
From: fluca1978@gmail.com [mailto:fluca1978@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Luca Ferrari
Sent: 23 July 2013 20:44
To: Birchall, Austen
Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Changing listen_addresses
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> wrote:
> If you get a null sourcefile it could be that some init script is
> overriding the configuration somehow. Check for all the running
> processes and see if postmaster is invoked with the -c option, that
> will point you to the config file to modify.,
I meant look for
-c config_file
Luca