Re: Parsing of pg_hba.conf and authentication inconsistencies

Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Idle thought: maybe what would really make sense here is a "lint"
>>> for PG config files,
>
>> I like this idea.
>
>> postgres --check-hba-file /path/to/hba.conf
>> postgres --check-conf-file /path/to/postgresql.conf
>
>> (I think it's better to reuse the same postmaster executable, because
>> that way it's easier to have the same parsing routines.)
>
> I'd go for just
>
> postgres --check-config -D $PGDATA
>
> (In a reload scenario, you'd edit the files in-place and then do this
> before issuing SIGHUP.)
>
> regards, tom lane

Doesn't it seem reasonable that it should be pg_ctl? You should never
run postgres directly unless it is for DR.

Joshua D. Drake