On Dec 19, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Geoffrey wrote:

> As I understand it, if I'm replicating from one machine to another,  
> I must have identical slon_tools.conf files on both machines.

no, you need to change teh connection string so each slon connects to  
its own server it is responsible for.

the slons can run on any box; they just connect as clients to  
postgres.  most people tend to run the associated slon on the same box  
as the postgres server.