Re: initdb failed on Windows 2000

From: Yoshiyuki Asaba <y-asaba(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb failed on Windows 2000
Date: 2007-08-29 13:24:06
Message-ID: 20070829.222406.193693605.y-asaba@sraoss.co.jp
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Hi,

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] initdb failed on Windows 2000
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:57:55 -0400

> What do you want us to do about it? Isn't this a case of "don't do that,
> then"? Run initdb as some other user. We don't let you run initdb as
> root on Unix, so we're just being consistent. In fact, we're being more
> liberal on Windows than on Unix because we make some provision for the
> restricted token gadget.

Administrator can run initdb on Windows XP, Server 2003 and Vista.
Is this right?

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Yoshiyuki Asaba
y-asaba(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp

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