From: | Basil Peace <grv87(at)yandex(dot)ru> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
Cc: | Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: BUG #6652: Installer grants postgres user rights for the whole disk, not specified subfolder |
Date: | 2012-06-06 19:04:39 |
Message-ID: | 203291339009479@web11h.yandex.ru |
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In my case invalid argument (root directory instead of specified data directory) was passed by installer to icacls. That's what I saw. It wasn't problem of icacls, it was a problem in pgsql installer.
05.06.2012, 22:38, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>:
> On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Excerpts from grv87's message of sáb may 19 10:28:47 -0400 2012:
>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>
>>> Bug reference: 6652
>>> Logged by: Basil Peace
>>> Email address: grv87(at)yandex(dot)ru
>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.3
>>> Operating system: Windows 7 x64
>>> Description:
>>>
>>> I have been installing PostgreSQL 9.1.3.2, and I've noted that 'creating
>>> database cluster' is too long. I have been waiting for a half of hour, and
>>> it hasn't finished.
>>> I've noted that installer calls icacls.exe with arguments:
>>> D:\ /grant "postgres":RX
>> This seems to be reported every once in a while. It looks like the
>> one-clunk installer is to blame. Maybe it's been fixed in some more
>> recent version -- Dave Page would probably know.
>
> Just as an FYI, we are working on this. We've been able to reproduce
> it, and it appears that icacls (a Microsoft utility) will sometimes
> look at the ACL of every file/directory recursively when it grants the
> required privileges on higher level directories. The good news is that
> in none of the test we've done has it ever modified the ACL on the
> wrong thing - it just takes a long time if there are a lot of items on
> the filesystem. We've looked at third party alternatives to icacls,
> and they seem to exhibit similar traits. We're also going to look into
> other ways around the root problem.
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