On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 02:40:15AM +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 13 September 2011 15:17, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> writes:
> >> There appears to be a problem with starting Postgres if the SSL key
> >> has a passphrase on it.
> >
> > It's documented that that's unsupported. Given the number of ways to
> > start a postmaster, and the fact that many of them are noninteractive,
> > I don't think it's very productive for us to worry about it.
>
> I've managed to get pg_ctl to accept the passphrase with the -w
> option. Works fine like that. Since that works, perhaps the page
> referring to SSL could mention this.
I have added a documention mention as you suggested for PG 9.3 in the
'-w' option section.
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+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 37826e9..90725d9
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
*************** PostgreSQL documentation
*** 383,388 ****
--- 383,389 ----
attempts to connect to the server.
When waiting for shutdown, <command>pg_ctl</command> waits for
the server to remove its <acronym>PID</acronym> file.
+ This option allows the entry of an <acronym>SSL</> passphrase on startup.
<command>pg_ctl</command> returns an exit code based on the
success of the startup or shutdown.
</para>
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