"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Pg_ctl is pointing to the same directory that postmaster points to on > startup. There is only 1 data directory/postgres installation that I > use. > Pg_ctl informs that postmaster is signaled. When I see the logs for > postmaster, it says "received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files" Well, I just re-tested it here, and it works fine for me (using 8.1.4, but I don't see anything in the CVS logs indicating changes in the relevant code since 8.1.2). So I still think there's some sort of pilot error involved here, but I'm running out of ideas about what. You might want to try the strace experiment I suggested to confirm that the postmaster is reading the file you think it is. regards, tom lane
