I suggest that the following patch be applied. It adds a few more comments to postgresql.conf.
(I always forget what the magic numbers 0 through 2 means for the "syslog" option.) By the way: The "virtual_host" parameter is a bad name for that particular option, I think. "Virtual host" signals that PostgreSQL will behave differently according to which IP address it's contacted (like Apache's virtual host support which makes the web-server serve different sites according to different criteria). A better word for the options would be "tcpip_listen_addr" or something like that. diff -ur pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample troels-pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample --- pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2003-07-27 20:14:50.000000000 +0200 +++ troels-pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample 2003-07-27 20:24:07.000000000 +0200 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ #unix_socket_directory = '' #unix_socket_group = '' #unix_socket_permissions = 0777 # octal -#virtual_host = '' +#virtual_host = '' # what interface to listen on; defaults to any #rendezvous_name = '' # defaults to the computer name # - Security & Authentication - @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ # - Syslog - -#syslog = 0 # range 0-2 +#syslog = 0 # range 0-2; 0=stdout; 1=both; 2=syslog #syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0' #syslog_ident = 'postgres' -- Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org