to give a sighup easily use:
pg_ctl reload
command.
Çagil Seker
________________________________________
Software Engineer / Yazilim Muhendisi
Biznet Bilisim Sistemleri ve Dan. San. Tic. A.S.
Teknokent Ikizler Binasi Kat:1 A-2 Blok, ODTU
06531 Ankara/TURKEY
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> -----Özgün Ileti-----
> Kimden: Robert Fitzpatrick [mailto:robert@webtent.com]
> Tarih: 23 Aralik 2002 Pazartesi 16:29
> Kime: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Konu: [GENERAL] Changes to pg_hba.conf not effective until
> after restart
>
>
> Can anyone tell me why on one of our PostgreSQL servers, anytime a
> change is made to the pg_hba.conf file, the PostgreSQL must
> be restarted
> before the changes take affect? We have other older versions of
> PostgreSQL that changes are effective immediately without restart. Is
> there some setting for this?
>
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> Robert
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