[Pgpool-hackers] health_check_user is never used in pgpool-II 3.1.0 beta

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Huang Bambo <bambo.huang at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
>     I've found that in pgpool-II 3.1.0beta, configuration item
> health_check_user is not used in any code except the pool_config.c. As
> we know, pgpool 3.1.0 use sr_check_user and sr_check_password for
> streaming replication use instead of health_check_user, and we used to
> use health_check_user do some health check, so dose health_check_user
> is obsolete or there's something lost?
>     Huang Bambo
> 


I also have the same doubt: I have enabled the md5 authentication in PgPool and 
Postgres backends ... health_check_user is set to "nobody" and it still works.

Thanks for the answers