Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-30 Thread James_Hughes
Not yet, have asked for that very information. -James -Original Message- From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 March 2006 09:27 To: Hughes, James; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 > Just to let you g

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-30 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Just to let you guys know, I spoke to Microsoft and they > confirmed that they have restricted access to the 'nul' > device in a security update (to admin users). Not quite sure > of the extact update! This is hardcoded in > the Windows source, so no way to change somthing via code :( :-O

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-29 Thread James_Hughes
- James -Original Message- From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2006 15:18 To: Hughes, James; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 > I did run filemon but did not get anything from it :( Yes I disabled >

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-03 Thread James_Hughes
I think we can safely say that it is not :-) -Original Message- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2006 15:41 To: Magnus Hagander Cc: Hughes, James; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 Magnus Hagander wrote

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-03 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Magnus Hagander wrote: Have raised a helpdesk ticket with Microsoft, see if they can shed any light on the problem. Sounds good - since you can reproduce it with a simple commandline, they should at least accept touching the case ;-) In any case, since dir > nul fails, I think

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-03 Thread Magnus Hagander
> I did run filemon but did not get anything from it :( Yes I > disabled all anti-virus software, no difference made. Even more interesting. Do you have any other filter drivers that you know of? SOme kind of quota stuff or so perhaps? Oh, and if the bug is in the AV filter driver it's often not

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-03 Thread James_Hughes
: 03 March 2006 14:14 To: Hughes, James; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 > All > > I have determined what is causing the failure. It appears that the > stdout & stderr redirection to nul produces the "Access

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-03 Thread Magnus Hagander
> All > > I have determined what is causing the failure. It appears > that the stdout & stderr redirection to nul produces the > "Access is Denied." > message. This is happening even if I type "dir >nul" at the > command prompt! I assume that this re-direction in PostgreSQL > is done when star

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-02 Thread James_Hughes
curity setting governs this? Thanks all for your help. Regards James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hughes, James Sent: 02 March 2006 07:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread James_Hughes
26 To: Hughes, James Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 (private email says leaving off --user=foo doesn't fix it ;-( ) Since you have apparently compiled your own, could you please try with the latest stable initdb.c code for your release? That

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread Andrew Dunstan
h any user account you create with non-administrator privileges. Thanks James -Original Message- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 March 2006 13:27 To: Hughes, James Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 1. please show

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread Tom Lane
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Below is an email thread regarding a possible bug in PostgreSQL on > Windows 2003. Any help or advice anyone can give on this would be much > appreciated. "Access is denied." is not a string that appears anywhere in the Postgres source code. My bet is some overenthus

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread James_Hughes
- From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 March 2006 13:27 To: Hughes, James Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003 1. please show the EXACT initdb command line used. 2. Which Windows user was actually running initdb? cheers andrew &

Re: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread Andrew Dunstan
1. please show the EXACT initdb command line used. 2. Which Windows user was actually running initdb? cheers andrew > Hello all, > > Below is an email thread regarding a possible bug in PostgreSQL on > Windows 2003. Any help or advice anyone can give on this would be much > appreciated. > > A

[HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

2006-03-01 Thread James_Hughes
Hello all, Below is an email thread regarding a possible bug in PostgreSQL on Windows 2003. Any help or advice anyone can give on this would be much appreciated. All the best, James Hughes --- EMAIL THREAD FOLLOWS --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > We are now seeing this issue on thr