Re: Postmaster re-start problem

Thanks for the response.

I had some trouble posting the question to the group - the list didn't think
I was a member. In any case, I killed the process off without any adverse
affects.

I gathered from your response that the "pg_hba.conf" file isn't read at
postmaster startup exclusively, but, rather, whenever authentication is
required. I, obviously, wasn't aware of that - thanks for the education. :)

Ciao!

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> John Burski writes:
>
> > I was just about finished transferring a database from a PostreSQL 6.5.2
> > installation on server A to a PostgreSQL 7.0.3 installation on server B
>
> Try 7.1.3 instead.
>
> > when I ran into a bit of trouble. Both installations are on RedHat 6.2
> > boxes. Here's what I did...
> >
> > * On server A: ran the pg_dump command and dumped the database I
> > wanted to an output file.
> > * Transferred the output file from server A to server B.
> > * On server B: ran the following command: "psql -d timeclock -f
> > db.out -U user_manager -W". Everything completed successfully. I
> > opened and interactive session as user_manager and made sure
> > everything was there.
> > * On server B: edited the pg_hba.conf file to allow connectivity
> > from a single external host by adding the entry "host timeclock
> > 192.168.9.30 255.255.255.255 crypt"
>
> Up to here would have been sufficient.
>
> > * On server B: ran the "/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres restart" command.
> > This is were the problem lies - the post master won't restart.
>
> This is a complete blind guess without knowing what this
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgres file contains.
>
> > I took a look at the output of the "ps ax" command and I found the
> > following entry:
> >
> > 17756 ? R 29:09 /usr/bin/postgres localhost
> > user_manager timeclock id
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming that this is prohibiting a restart?
>
> Possibly, see above.
>
> > If so, is it OK to kill this process off?
>
> If you don't think anyone is or should be using the database, yes.
>
> > If I can't kill it off, what are my options?
>
> Turn off your computer? ;-)
>
> --
> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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