| From: | Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Henshall, Stuart - WCP" <SHenshall(at)westcountrypublications(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 7.2b3 postmaster doesn't start on Win98 |
| Date: | 2001-12-06 17:59:29 |
| Message-ID: | 20011206125929.E1448@dothill.com |
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Stuart,
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 07:12:38PM -0000, Henshall, Stuart - WCP wrote:
> When trying to start the postmaster on win98se with cygwin
> I get told that the data directory must be 0700, but when I try to chmod to
> 700, it apparently succeds, but nothing permissions stay at 755. I suspect
> this to be because win98 has no real file protection (just a read only
> attribute)
Is this a new behavior with 7.2? If so, then the PostgreSQL code may
need to be changed to defeat these kinds of security checks on Windows
9x/Me. Sorry, but I don't have the 9x/Me kind of itch...
Jason
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