On 9/8/07, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged
> >> account on windows?
>
> > Your friend has the following choices in the matter. He can stop
> > running as an administrator and then run postgresql from his account,
> > or he can install postgresql as a service, which really isn't a huge
> > inconvience / use of resources or he can hack the windows code to let
> > pgsql run in an unsupported and unsafe manner.
>
> I thought there was code in there since 8.2 to drop the admin privileges
> at startup ... doesn't that solve the problem the way he wants?
I think that code just lets you start it as an admin and then run it
under an unadmin account.
Hmmm. that still might work for OP.
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