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Document postmaster's -N switch.

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.\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.13 1998/10/14 02:54:38 momjian Exp $ .\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.14 1999/02/21 03:17:31 tgl Exp $
.TH POSTMASTER UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL .TH POSTMASTER UNIX 02/20/99 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH "NAME" .SH "NAME"
postmaster - run the Postgres postmaster postmaster - run the Postgres postmaster
.SH "SYNOPSIS" .SH "SYNOPSIS"
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[\c [\c
.BR "-a" .BR "-a"
system] system]
[\c
.BR "-N"
n_backends]
.br .br
.in +5n .in +5n
[\c [\c
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.BR "-a nounauth . .BR "-a nounauth .
This option no longer has any effect. This option no longer has any effect.
.TP .TP
.BR "-N" " n_backends"
.IR "n_backends"
is the maximum number of backend server processes that this postmaster
is allowed to start. In the stock configuration, this value defaults
to 64, and can be set as high as 1024 if your system will support that
many processes. Both the default and upper limit values can be altered
when building Postgres.
.TP
.BR "-b" " backend_pathname" .BR "-b" " backend_pathname"
.IR "backend_pathname" .IR "backend_pathname"
is the full pathname of the Postgres backend server executable file that is the full pathname of the Postgres backend server executable file that