pg_ctl less than useful error message on windows when privileges wrong for postgres

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pg_ctl less than useful error message on windows when privileges wrong for postgres
Date: 2008-10-21 19:45:24
Message-ID: D55CB95B-C4A9-48C6-8F38-78EAC86F2632@fastcrypt.com
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I have a client who mistakenly gave the postgres user on a windows
machine admin privileges.

This mistake results in the service being unable to start up due to
postgres refusing to start with admin privileges.

The error message from pg_ctl start -D bindir is PG_CTL.."could not
locate matching postgres executable"

Is it not possible to provide a more useful error message ?

Dave

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