Re: PostgreSQL Service on Windows does not start. ~ "is not a valid Win32 application"

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Asif Naeem <anaeem(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com>, Naoya Anzai <anzai-naoya(at)mxu(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp>, Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Asif Naeem <asif(dot)naeem(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Akio Iwaasa <iwaasa(at)mxs(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Service on Windows does not start. ~ "is not a valid Win32 application"
Date: 2013-11-10 05:41:25
Message-ID: CAA4eK1J1ayyQYdrJri_KV48Q_EbrwzqQcGGvnRrGPoBT97h35g@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Naoya,

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Asif Naeem <anaeem(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Naoya Anzai
>>> <anzai-naoya(at)mxu(dot)nes(dot)nec(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
>>> > Hi Sandeep
>>> >
>>> >> I think, you should change the subject line to "Unquoted service path
>>> >> containing space is vulnerable and can be exploited on Windows" to get the
>>> >> attention.. :)
>>> > Thank you for advice!
>>> > I'll try to post to pgsql-bugs again.
>>>
>>> I could also reproduce this issue. The situation is very rare such
>>> that an "exe" with name same as first part of directory should exist
>>> in installation path.
>>
>
> If one of the committers who is knowledgeable about Windows has time
> to apply this *before* the next CommitFest, that's obviously great.
> But the purpose of adding a link to the next CommitFest is to provide
> a backstop, so that we're not relying solely on someone to notice this
> email thread and pick it up, but instead have the patch as part of a
> list of patches needing review.

I have uploaded your patch for next commit fest, hope you can support
it if there is any feedback for your patch by reviewer/committer.

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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