I was playing around and had most entries uncommented, even if I did not change the values. I am attaching the cleaned up postgresql.conf and my pg_hba.conf files for you.
Chris Hoover Application Development System Analyst 2 Companion Technologies 8901 Farrow Rd. Columbia, SC 29203 Phone: (803) 264-3896 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.companiontechnologies.com ------------------( Forwarded letter 1 follows )--------------------- Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:20:56 -0400 To: chris.hoover Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #1809: invalid pointer on pg_ctl reload "Chris Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was working with my pg_hba.conf file and did a pg_ctl -D <path> reload. I > received the following message, and postgresql shutdown. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] eedi]$ pg_ctl -D /database/data/eedi/ reload > postmaster signaled > [EMAIL PROTECTED] eedi]$ *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: > 0x082ced00 *** What non-comment entries do you have in postgresql.conf? It's also possible that the problem is being triggered by an unusual entry in one of the other config files, such as pg_hba.conf. Please see if you can narrow down what's causing this. regards, tom lane
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