Apologies, I didn’t realise that config_system.py needs to be in a separate location to config.py and config_local.py.
All working fine now. From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 12:39 PM To: Ross Holder <rhol...@csir.co.za> Cc: pgadmin-support@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Configs config_local.py/config_system.py are ignored ? You don't often get email from aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com<mailto:aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hi Ross, Which setting are you trying to change? Please refer to the link shared for the correct locations of the config filles. On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM Ross Holder <rhol...@csir.co.za<mailto:rhol...@csir.co.za>> wrote: Hi, I also tried only adding the changed settings to the configs; did not work. The other configs are in the same directory as the main http://config.py<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiZiNDc2ZDIyYjZlZTY4NDc0Mj02NDUwRTg3Rl82MzMyXzM4NTNfMSYmOGYwZmIxYTE4M2YzN2UxPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGY29uZmlnJTJFcHk=> file. From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com<mailto:aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com>> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 11:03 AM To: Ross Holder <rhol...@csir.co.za<mailto:rhol...@csir.co.za>> Cc: pgadmin-support@lists.postgresql.org<mailto:pgadmin-support@lists.postgresql.org> Subject: Re: Configs config_local.py/config_system.py<http://config_local.py/config_system.py> are ignored ? You don't often get email from aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com<mailto:aditya.toshni...@enterprisedb.com>. Learn why this is important<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiZhZjJkZWEzZTM1YmJjNTU2Mj02NDUwRTg3Rl82MzMyXzM4NTNfMSYmNWYxZTgwNzJjNzQyOWZjPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmFrYSUyRW1zJTJGTGVhcm5BYm91dFNlbmRlcklkZW50aWZpY2F0aW9u> Hi Ross, You should not copy http://config.py<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzMmMxYWE1YzUzM2U1NzRhZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmOGQyOTE0OWFlNmYyNjQ2PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGY29uZmlnJTJFcHk=> to create config_local or config_system. Start with a blank file and add only changed params. Please check - https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/7.0/config_py.html#the-config-py-file<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzYmQxYjM0NTA3M2YxNzViZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmMDkzOTM0ZmFhMzI3OTRmPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dyUyRXBnYWRtaW4lMkVvcmclMkZkb2NzJTJGcGdhZG1pbjQlMkY3JTJFMCUyRmNvbmZpZyU1RnB5JTJFaHRtbCUyM3RoZS1jb25maWctcHktZmlsZQ==> if you're putting the file in the correct locations for pgAdmin to pick. On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 2:15 PM Ross Holder <rhol...@csir.co.za<mailto:rhol...@csir.co.za>> wrote: I am trying to modify settings of my pgadmin4 installation. I made a copy of my http://config.py<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzMmMxYWE1YzUzM2U1NzRhZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmOGQyOTE0OWFlNmYyNjQ2PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGY29uZmlnJTJFcHk=> file as config_local.py and config_system.py but any settings I change inside these configs have no effect. If I change the same settings within http://config.py<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzMmMxYWE1YzUzM2U1NzRhZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmOGQyOTE0OWFlNmYyNjQ2PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGY29uZmlnJTJFcHk=>, it works perfectly. What could be the issue, since one is not supposed to modify http://config.py?<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzMmMxYWE1YzUzM2U1NzRhZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmOGQyOTE0OWFlNmYyNjQ2PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGY29uZmlnJTJFcHklM0Y=> -- Thanks, Aditya Toshniwal pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | edbpostgres.com<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiYzMmMxYWE1YzUzM2U1NzRjZj02NDUwRDIwNl82MzMyXzIwMjRfMSYmM2RlODc0ZmJhMzUzMTRkPTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGZWRicG9zdGdyZXMlMkVjb20=> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE" -- Thanks, Aditya Toshniwal pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Architect | enterprisedb.com<http://pta-smg4.csir.co.za:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiZiMjc2YzMyOTI0YmJjMjY0Mj02NDUwRTg3Rl82MzMyXzM4NTNfMSYmMmZhZmY1ZDFjN2UyYWI3PTEzMzMmJnVybD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dyUyRWVudGVycHJpc2VkYiUyRWNvbSUyRg==> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
