From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:57:24 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc:  mention pg_reload_conf() for reloading the config file
X-Git-Tag: REL9_5_19~23
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1944a253b3aeaaeb204cbaa66f84237a81f87151;p=postgresql

doc:  mention pg_reload_conf() for reloading the config file

Reported-by: Ian Barwick

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/538950ec-b86a-1650-6078-beb7091c09c2@2ndquadrant.com

Backpatch-through: 9.4
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
index 5eef08fb00..932607efe4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml
@@ -572,8 +572,9 @@ hostnossl  <replaceable>database</replaceable>  <replaceable>user</replaceable>
    <systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
    signal. If you edit the file on an
    active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
-   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</> or <literal>kill -HUP</>) to make it
-   re-read the file.
+   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+   <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+   -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
   </para>
 
   <tip>
@@ -767,8 +768,9 @@ mymap   /^(.*)@otherdomain\.com$   guest
    <systemitem>SIGHUP</systemitem><indexterm><primary>SIGHUP</primary></indexterm>
    signal. If you edit the file on an
    active system, you will need to signal the postmaster
-   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</> or <literal>kill -HUP</>) to make it
-   re-read the file.
+   (using <literal>pg_ctl reload</literal>, calling the SQL function
+   <function>pg_reload_conf()</function>, or using <literal>kill
+   -HUP</literal>) to make it re-read the file.
   </para>
 
   <para>