Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qyyWM-00CSDz-JQ for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:03:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qyyWL-002OeO-1h for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:03:49 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qyyWK-002OeG-QL for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:03:48 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qyyWD-003niW-SN for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:03:47 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=momjian.us; s=2023062407; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description; bh=WWU+yVIpcSUJWS22ij+0gg0q7rx9j3u3GekcJdrnHp4=; b=hjsOf Y6JjMiDRanslvXX0l5+XXzd6bjtGMzHtuhqBnFE6wfbalNtnhwFKwtbMno9ct2Pd07V0NXit6m+9a OS3MhrvuSeH9ca72habwtIKdUYSLKX8EEfH7w9FyUCvFjhs7VvdTT6ylQroRF6u/EAxiU8ELwhoZf mKUvl4uKs9DDYJeEXEhiqLgJun+t5Av9MnKcjLSiHEMbKEl8AaMsQRWljaPH0kvhqMTuEgT5IL2+B M9H+hyWYSoFE8giN8c5kk9fX3F2QUJsBpiQAi/6mGkEjcOH4rKfcShqNeyrzd1sc76FQimBB6+UIY 2yS6ydOmUTRTOguRpDjL/S4Y4U6Ew==; Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qyyWD-000vh0-0e; Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:03:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 14:03:41 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: johrss@amazon.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Usage instructions for pg_hba.conf file Message-ID: References: <165947088723.651.7641196693246068619@wrigleys.postgresql.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 04:04:47PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 08:08:07PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > 21.1.1 Loading or Reloading the Configuration > > The pg_hba.conf file is read on start-up... > > Note: The preceding statement... > > The system view pg_hba_file_rules can be helpful... > > This is a good point. I moved the reload sections for pg_hba.conf and > pg_ident.conf up near the top of their sections in the attached patch. Patch applied to master. -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.