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* abrar at ecomscience dot com (03-04-01 11:11 +0100) > I know this is a common problem and has been answered many times. After > going thro many posts and innumerable helps/answers by Corinna I still seems > to get stuck in the same problem. > > In my win2000 server (standalone, not a domain) I created a user postgres > and password postgres within administrator group, did > mkpasswd -l</etc/passwd and mkgroup from cygwin, also did the > > "Act as part of the operating system" > "Replace process level token" > "Increase quotas" > > for both administrator and postgres user rights, changed the gid in passwd > file but no help. The login incorrect message is still there for postgres > user. Did you read and follow "/usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.3.2.README"? It explicitly mentions '3. Grant the "postgres" user the "Log on as a service" user right'. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/