Re: Starting in a Windows administrative account

To add and compile the source I can follow the instructions here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_MINGW.html

but I am not sure where to put the patches to have them included or whether I should use the ./configure and its arguments to include them. Any advice would be appreciated. I have successfully compiled on Linux systems.

BTW - the ability do this in a secure manner is fantastic and your work to accomplish this is much appreciated.

I am also willing to wait a little while for 8.2, but could not find an ETA on the Developer's Roadmap page. Is there a better place to look for this or is it more of a "no wine before its time - so don't whine!" situation?

Thanks,

Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:23 AM
To: Davidson, Robert; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] Starting in a Windows administrative account

> In the thread:
>
> Fix for running from admin account on win32
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-01/msg00172.
> php
> <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-01/msg00172.php>
>
> An optimistic reading is that postgresql will be able to drop
> dangerous permissions as it starts up instead of requiring an
> unprivileged account. Is this the case?

Yes.

> If so, how soon will it be rolled into a downloadable release?

It will be in 8.2. The patch should apply to 8.1 as well if you need it
earlier, since it's very localised to pg_ctl and initdb.

> If not, is there any way around the administrative check?

Until then, no - unless you want to take out the check completely from
the source.

//Magnus