Re: Problems shutting down Postmaster

[Andrew Edson <cheighlund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, for some reason we still had a problem connecting after a pg_ctl reload, but the shutdown went through this time, and everything's working now.  Thanks for the assistance.

Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Andrew Edson writes:
> Someone else added the IP address for the other system to the
> pg_hba.conf file later, but since we had already started postgres by
> then, it didn't take.

You don't need to shut down the server to adjust pg_hba.conf ... just
"pg_ctl reload".

> And now, for some reason, postgres doesn't seem to want to let me shut
> down.

A standard shutdown doesn't finish until all existing sessions exit of
their own accord. Perhaps you wanted "-m fast"?

regards, tom lane

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