Re: Problem: pg_hba.conf is automatically rewritten every day

From: Prashanth Goriparthi <gprashanthkumar(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Fred Parkinson <FredP(at)abag(dot)ca(dot)gov>
Cc: Johnny Tan <johnnydtan(at)gmail(dot)com>, Nghia Truong <nghiatruong(dot)vn(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ray Stell <stellr(at)vt(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: Problem: pg_hba.conf is automatically rewritten every day
Date: 2013-05-03 16:18:26
Message-ID: CA+Mf8bVyb-bpAFJ5eD=r5yf_=aZjO=RceDZVoOstdkyWOGf7iA@mail.gmail.com
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Look at the timestamp of when this file [pg_hba.conf] is updated and see if
there is any correlation to system messages [/var/log/messages or
equivalent of your kernel].

Thanking you,
Prashanth Kumar Goriparthi
Mobile : 312 316 4396

On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Fred Parkinson <FredP(at)abag(dot)ca(dot)gov> wrote:

> Would it make sense to make the file read-only and see if a write error
> pops up somewhere?
>
> Fred
>
> >>> Nghia Truong <nghiatruong(dot)vn(at)gmail(dot)com> 05/03/2013 8:59 AM >>>
> Hi all,
> I am the root user (except that my dedicated server is under the control
> of its company). I don't have any sysadmin script. The problem just
> suddenly occurs. I don't know why?
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Nghia T. Truong
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Johnny Tan <johnnydtan(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Chef/Puppet?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Ray Stell <stellr(at)vt(dot)edu> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On May 3, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Nghia Truong wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> Every day, the file pg_hba.conf in my server is rewritten and postgresqlreceived a SIGHUP to reload configuration.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like some sysadmin scripted rsync gone wild.
>>>
>>
>>
>

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