Reloading postgreSQL without breaking current connection?

Question

I was wondering if i issued a reload command to Postgres so that it could reread the pg_hba.conf file (Made some changes in here and need them to take immediate effect on a live system) will destroy or drop and current connections?

/etc/init.d/postgreSQL83 reload

Answer 1

I crossed my fingers and tried this on my own. And, it worked! No connections dropped. So you can actually issue a postgreSQL reload command at the command prompt and it only reads the configuration file. It does not restart the PostgreSQL server nor drop connections.