| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Run-as-admin warning for win32 |
| Date: | 2004-05-04 04:31:15 |
| Message-ID: | 200405040431.i444VFP19005@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
> > Previously, postgresql has exited out on Unix when running as root -
> > this is a similar check, with the following differences:
>
> > * We do a ereport(WARNING) instead of exitting out.
>
> Why? If we refuse to run as root on Unix, I do not see an argument for
> being more forgiving on Windows.
I am not sure it is as easy to run as non-admin on Win32 as it is to run
as non-root on Unix. Is it?
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