On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 08:55:08AM -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > The issue i'm having is that i've got a postgresql-7.4.6 box that has > a DB running on it for a j2ee based application on a separate server. > Now i need to add an additional DB for a different server, but I can't > afford any down time to restart postgresql for the changes in > pg_hba.conf to take effect. > > Is there any workaround that doesn't require a restart? Sure. Send a SIGHUP to the postmaster. One easy way is pg_ctl reload -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[@]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Porque Kim no hacia nada, pero, eso sí, con extraordinario éxito" ("Kim", Kipling) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings