Re: Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Jesse Morris <jmorris(at)coverity(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Re: BUG #5065: pg_ctl start fails as administrator, with "could not locate matching postgres executable"
Date: 2009-10-21 13:07:42
Message-ID: 26564.1256130462@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
> This function call is adding the new access control entry to the DACL,
> and in Jesse's modified version it's specifying that the ACE should be
> inheritable.

Hah, so now we have a theory.

> The other refactoring is still important however - without it, I still
> see the error. I would guess that you cannot add an inheritable ACE
> once the process has been created, but I cannot say for certain.

That would make sense if the state gets copied to the process at time
of creation. Okay, I'm satisfied that this is a believable patch...

regards, tom lane

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