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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I found the issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If “enable_pool_hba = on” in pgpool.conf then I get “^@” sign in pgool.log file when connecting. If “enable_pool_hba=off” I don’t get “^@” signs in pgpool.log file.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is this how this should work? Having a bunch of “^@” in the pgpool.log file makes it hard to troubleshoot issues when trying read pgpool.log.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"pgpool-general-bounces@pgpool.net" <pgpool-general-bounces@pgpool.net> on behalf of Wolfgang Schwurack <wolf@uen.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 10:02 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"'pgpool-general@pgpool.net'" <pgpool-general@pgpool.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[pgpool-general: 5097] Re: pgpool.log file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I notice that ‘data’ pgpool.log contants ‘^@^@’ When I remove ‘^@^@’ from pgpool.log Then it shows the file as ASCII.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We use watchdog on our pgpool servers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To recreate – When using psql with the watchdog connection command it puts ‘^@^@’ signs in pgpool.log file but if I psql on the postgresql host it doesn’t put the ‘^@’ sign in the log file.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This only happens on my development and test hosts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All of our applications connect using watchdog connection command</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From pgpool hosts connecting to postgres - I get ‘^@’ sign into pgpool.log file</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">$ psql –h wd-pgdev –p 9999 </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From postgresql host connecting to postgres – no ‘^@” sign into pgpool.log file</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">$ psql </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Wolfgang Schwurack</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Database/System Administrator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Utah Education Network</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">801-587-9444</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:wolf@uen.org"><span style="color:#0B4CB4">wolf@uen.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"pgpool-general-bounces@pgpool.net" <pgpool-general-bounces@pgpool.net> on behalf of Wolfgang Schwurack <wolf@uen.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"'pgpool-general@pgpool.net'" <pgpool-general@pgpool.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[pgpool-general: 5096] pgpool.log file</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My development pgpool server the pgpool.log file show that it’s a binary file but on my production pgpool server show the file as ASCII. Both servers are setup the same.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Anyone know why one file is binary and the other is ASCII?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I use the same command on both to start pgpool</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">pgpool -n -D -f /usr/local/etc/pgpool.conf > /var/log/pgpool/pgpool.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Version</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">pgpool-II version 3.5.4 (ekieboshi)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Host </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Production server</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># file /var/log/pgpool/pgpool.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">/var/log/pgpool/pgpool.log: ASCII text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Development server</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># file /var/log/pgpool/pgpool.log</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">/var/log/pgpool/pgpool.log: data</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Wolfgang Schwurack</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Database/System Administrator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Utah Education Network</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">801-587-9444</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:wolf@uen.org"><span style="color:#0B4CB4">wolf@uen.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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