| From: | Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [Patch] - Fix for bug #2558, InitDB failed to run |
| Date: | 2006-08-15 09:37:30 |
| Message-ID: | 44E195DA.5070903@pse-consulting.de |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> I am more than somewhat perplexed as to why the NUL device should be a
>> security risk ... what are they thinking??
>>
>
> Frankly, I don't believe it; even Microsoft can't be that stupid.
> And I can't find any suggestion that they've done this in a google
> search. I think the OP is misdiagnosing his problem.
>
An older message suggests that a service pack induced this problem, per
MS. I just tried it as non-admin on a W2K3 machine with recent hotfixes,
and the command "dir >nul" _did_ work for me.
Though neglected, it still sounds like a virus scanner issue to me.
Regards,
Andreas
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