Re: Running PostGre on DVD

On Tuesday 15 November 2005 03:37 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
> >> To be honest, the fact that Postgres forces you to run as a
> >> non-admin user has given me nothing but headaches. (yes, I
> >> know, the problem is defaulting everyone to admin rights is
> >> the problem. But that's where I am). I have been kicking
> >> around the idea of posting a change to allow you to run as
> >> admin,
> >
> > This has been proposed before, and always rejected. While you're always
> > welcome to provide a patch, I'm very doubtful it would be accepted into
> > the main product.
>
> The example given in this thread certainly isn't going to change
> anybody's mind. "Hi, I propose reducing everybody's security because
> my local admins insist on an utterly brain-dead security policy."

Tom, nobody wants to reduce everybody's security, and nobody is proposing
changes leading to such. I just believe more than me agree that having this
as an option on Windows wouldn't hurt anybody, but would rather make life
simpler for some Windows people. Anyway, I don't use Windows on a regular
basis, so it's not that important to me...

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