Jon Theil Nielsen <jontheil(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> The server is started by a service script
> (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql start) and runs as the user
> "pgsql".
That would not explain why it started looking for user or database
"root".
> Uncommented content of postgresql.conf:
That includes some options which could probably be tuned to boost
performance, but those are not related to the current issue. Of
interest for the current problems:
> log_connections = on
> log_disconnections = on
With those turned on, there should be more lines of interest in the
cluster's log. Reviewing the log is your best bet.
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Kevin Grittner
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