Re: [GENERAL] Question about "ident_file" in postgres.conf

2012-11-06 Thread Tianyin Xu
I see. Thanks a lot for the explanation! Tianyin On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Jeff Janes wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Magnus Hagander >> wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Tianyin Xu wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, a

Re: [GENERAL] Question about "ident_file" in postgres.conf

2012-11-06 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Jeff Janes wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Magnus Hagander > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Tianyin Xu wrote: > >> > >> Hi, all, > >> > >> I have a question regarding the "ident_file" configuration entry. > >> > >> Why the server refused to s

Re: [GENERAL] Question about "ident_file" in postgres.conf

2012-11-06 Thread Jeff Janes
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Tianyin Xu 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 whethe

Re: [GENERAL] Question about "ident_file" in postgres.conf

2012-11-06 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Tianyin Xu 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 misco