> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Taylor > Sent: 15 November 2005 16:40 > To: Jim C. Nasby > Cc: Pollard, Mike; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Running PostGre on DVD > > > Well, a bigger issue is that windows makes things a lot > more difficult > > to do if you don't have admin on your account. Yes, there > is runas, but > > windows doesn't exactly foster people working from the > command line. And > > IIRC runas isn't nearly as nice to use as sudo. > > Couldn't the installer create a handy dandy icon on the > desktop with the > correct runas command to start/stop it for a given user or even have a > graphical pg_ctl type interface with Start, Stop and Restart buttons > that does the right thing behind the scenes?
We do. You can't run from the command line as an admin, but when installed as a service you can start/stop it etc. as an admin, even though the service actually runs under a low privilege account. You can start/stop etc from the command line using 'net start', from the services control panel applet, or using shortcuts we provide on the start menu. Regards, Dave ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org