On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Tianyin Xu <t...@cs.ucsd.edu> wrote: > Hi, all, > > I have a question regarding the "ident_file" configuration entry. > > Why the server refused to start without specifying the "ident_file", but > it never cares whether the given "ident_file" is valid or not? In other > word, a misconfigured non-existent path for "ident_file" can also start the > server with a background message. > > This does not make too much sense to me. I think the system behavior > should be opposite. If the user didn't specify the "ident_file", the pg > server should ignore. But if the user specifies one and that one is not > valid, the user should stop because it clearly means the path is > misconfigured. > > Is there any concern here? Otherwise I would suggest and provide a patch > to check the validity of the "ident_file" like what pg is doing for > "data_directory" and "hba_file". >
This is definitely a known problem. It's actually on the TODO list already, just not phrased in a way that makes it likely to be found. It should be treated the same way as the hba_file. So sure, please do provide a patch for that if you can. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
