doc: mention pg_reload_conf() in pg_hba.conf documentation

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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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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