Re: [GENERAL] Silent start of Postgres in XP

2005-11-24 Thread Andrus
>> Trying to use same approach with Postgres fails. Postgres >> requires special user account and is not capable to create >> this account without user intervention. > > Sure, it's very much capable of diong that. See > http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html, specifically > look for

Re: [GENERAL] Silent start of Postgres in XP

2005-11-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> This causes Apache to run under SYSTEM account . > > Trying to use same approach with Postgres fails. Postgres > requires special user account and is not capable to create > this account without user intervention. Sure, it's very much capable of diong that. See http://pginstaller.projects.pos

Re: [GENERAL] Silent start of Postgres in XP

2005-11-23 Thread Richard Huxton
Andrus wrote: How to force Postgres to install itself as service running under SYSTEM or under LOCAL SERVICE account? You can download the source, take out the check for non-administrator accounts and recompile. The core developers have made it pretty clear that they don't hold with runnin

[GENERAL] Silent start of Postgres in XP

2005-11-23 Thread Andrus
I need to start Postgres 8.1 database in XP without any user intervention even when Postgres is not installed. I have implemented this for Apache2 by running the following commands: Apache.exe -k stop Apache.exe -k uninstall Apache.exe -k install Apache.exe -k start @rem if user has no privi