Re: pg_ctl start leaves dos window open

"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> wrote:
> > 1) Users *can* start and stop services, if you just give them
> > permissions to do so. This can be done on an individual service basis.
> > You use the security configuration editor for that.

Thanks for the hint. I've found how to do that at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;288129
however, the services implementation in windows is completely braindead:
an administrator gives the rights to user postgres to start postgresql
(fine), but since the service needs to run as user postgres, I need to
enter the password in the service definition. Even when the user postgres
is logged on and wants to start the service. I don't want my password to
be stored in the registry, so I am still stuck. *sigh*

All this hassle for what in unix would only require the addition of a
single character: &

Richard van den Berg, CISSP
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