how is that different from /etc/init.d/postgres reload or for that matter select pg_reload_conf() ?
Which I execute both and they don't work either. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Chris <ch...@eisonline.co.za> wrote: > > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 19:01, Anson Abraham <anson.abra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Note when I change > log_destination = 'syslog' > > it does log to the syslog file. > > When I changed to to log_destination = 'stderr' still nothing logged. > > commenting out doesn't do much either. I initially thought it would be a > perms thing, but when I deleted the file and did a reload, postgres created > the log file. So not sure what is going on exactly. > > Again, any help would be appreciated here to figure this out, where I > don't need to restart the db. > Thanks > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Anson Abraham > <anson.abra...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> My postgresql-9.0-main.log file has suddenly stopped getting updated. I >> do not know why it stopped all of a sudden. We made a slight modification >> where changed in the postgresql.conf param: >> From >> log_connections = off >> log_disconnections = off >> >> To >> >> log_connections = on >> log_disconnections = on >> >> I'm on a debian environment w/ version 9.0.7. It's a single instance w/ >> no cluster on here. It was done w/a simple apt-get install back when, when >> it was a fresh server (we'll call this db1) >> >> I have an identical setup for another server (db4), and when I made the >> change to the same paramers in conf, it's updating the >> postgresql-9.0-main.log file. I reverted the connections and discon from >> on back to off, and did a postgresql reload as well as pg_reload_conf(). >> For both servers. db4 the log file is getting updated db1 nothing. I >> thought the file was locked or some perms may have changed and I deleted >> the postgresql-9.0-main.log file. It didn't create a new log file until i >> did a postgresql reload. It created the new file, but still nothing getting >> written to it. >> >> I know first thing people would say is to restart the instance, but >> restarting is not an option for me in this case. >> >> I've changed >> ucommented out this param >> #log_destination = 'stderr' >> >> to be stderr, and even syslog and did a reload and nothing. >> >> >> I know i should use log collector, but again, that also requires a >> restart as well, unless a reload will work? >> >> The way I reload is /etc/init.d/postgresql reload >> >> The distro for Debian is squeeze. Again, it works on my other server, >> this server it doesn't. Any one have any ideas, where I don't need to >> restart the pg instance? >> > > From the bin directory you can do: pg_ctl reload -D (followed by the data > dierctory) > > Thanks in advance. >> -Anson >> > >
