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also propagates this signal to all currently running server

processes so that existing sessions also get the new

value. Alternatively, you can send the signal to a single server

process directly.

process directly. Some parameters can only be set at server start;

any changes to their entries in the configuration file will be ignored

until the server is restarted.

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