On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM Atul Kumar <akumar14...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, Once I change the hostname then how will the socket read the new > hostname ? Does it require a postgres service restart ? > >> >> -h doesn't strictly mean hostname (the wording choice here does seem problematic), rather it is simply a direct specification of how and where the psql client looks for and connects to the server. When the specification is a filename it is that file that is used and hostname and any other networking-related stuff is immaterial. Though the server does choose to borrow the port number 5432 from networking to construct the unique name out of convenience. David J.
