| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Run-as-admin warning for win32 |
| Date: | 2004-05-04 15:22:40 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34B926@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> > Yes, you need to create another user.
> > When running as a service, just tell the installer. It
> should set up
> > required permissions. Then start the service as normal using the
> > Service Control Manager.
> >
> > When running manually, you will have to grant the postgres user the
> > required permissions on the PGDATA directory. Then you can
> start the
> > server using "runas".
>
> Ewe, big on security, small on ease-of-use. :-)
>
> I have never had to create a user to install any other
> software on my laptop.
Yes, this is why I originally suggested making it a recommendation and
not something enforced. It will certainly take a good lot of windows
people by surprise...
//Magnus
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