Re: How to log pg_terminate_backend() calls

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Zwettler Markus (OIZ)" <Markus(dot)Zwettler(at)zuerich(dot)ch>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to log pg_terminate_backend() calls
Date: 2020-01-14 13:44:41
Message-ID: 21030.1579009481@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

"Zwettler Markus (OIZ)" <Markus(dot)Zwettler(at)zuerich(dot)ch> writes:
> We see some "FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command" error messages in the Postgres logfile.
> We assume someone did pg_terminate_backend() calls.
> How can we log such calls, especially who did the call?

There's no built-in facility for that, short of log_statement = all.

You could try making a wrapper function: rename pg_terminate_backend
to something else and then make a plpgsql equivalent that issues
RAISE LOG and then calls the renamed function.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Merlin Moncure 2020-01-14 14:28:47 Re: WaitForMultipleObjects in C Extension
Previous Message Iban Rodriguez 2020-01-14 12:48:23 Is it possible to replicate through an http proxy?