On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:59:56 +0200, Davide Negri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > i have installed postgres 8.0 beta3 as a program on my pc on windows xp. I > have read on the installation note file that postgres server will not run > with administrative permissions. I have read on your forum that this > happened because i have installed the beta version: is it true that this > happen only with the beta version? When will you plan to release the > production version?
Hello, The fact that postgres cannot be run by Administrator is not a "limitation" of the beta version. This is the intended behaviour and i don't think that it would change. In UNIX, postgres reacts the same way: it refuses to start when run by root (root is the admin user) because it is a bad practice to start services as root - for security reasons. This idea might be unfamiliar for the windows users who are used to run everything with admin rights... (In fact, we are talking about a feature: a user does not need to be administrator in order to run PostgreSQL). Best wishes, Adrian Maier ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
