"Lu, Dan" <Dan.Lu@xxxxxxx> writes: > Say, I want to put the config file on a share drive so all my postgres configuration file can be seen in one location. > /nfs/global/postgres-<hostname>.cnf What I'd do is make each data directory's postgresql.conf contain just this: include /nfs/global/postgres-<hostname>.cnf and then just start the postmaster without any weird switches. In this way you will avoid breaking PG-specific tools that expect to find the config file at its standard location. regards, tom lane