tcp_keepalives_idle setting

Hi,

recently Tom Lane wrote:

"henry" writes:
>> I have tried setting tcp_keepalives_idle = 120 (eg), then restarting PG,
>> but SHOW ALL; shows tcp_keepalives_idle=0 (ignoring my setting).

>Just FYI, this is the expected behavior on platforms where the kernel
>doesn't allow adjustment of the TCP keepalive parameters from
>userspace.

I'm running pg 8.3.3 on Mac OS 10.4.11 and I'm seeing the same behaviour as
Henry.
I'm trying to find out if Mac OS belongs to those platforms that doesn't
allow adjustment of the TCP keepalive parameters from userspace, and if so,
how i can change the systems settings as root.

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