Thank you! That change allowed me to view those parameters. I had no idea i wasn't connecting via TCP.
Thanks again!
On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:54 AM Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dave Hughes <dhughes20@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> We have PostgreSQL 10.5 installed on RHEL 6 and I’m new to both. I’m in
> the process of completing STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides)
> for the Department of Defense. One of the STIGs mentions that we must
> ensure our tcp_keepalives settings are configured in the postgresql.conf
> file. I currently have these settings set to:
> Tcp_keepalives_idle = 60
> Tcp_keepalives_interval = 60
> Tcp_keepalives_count = 2
> I restarted the database and then ran SHOW_ALL; but it showed all 3
> parameters set to 0.
These will read as zeroes if you're using a non-TCP connection (ie
Unix socket). Try it after "psql -h localhost" instead of just "psql".
regards, tom lane
