X-Original-To: pgsql-bugs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBA993A2BC7 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:04:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97095-03 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 01:03:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mpls-qmqp-01.inet.qwest.net (mpls-qmqp-01.inet.qwest.net [63.231.195.112]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 386013A2BB6 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:04:00 +0100 (BST) Received: (qmail 550 invoked by uid 0); 24 Oct 2004 01:04:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (63.231.195.1) by mpls-qmqp-01.inet.qwest.net with QMQP; 24 Oct 2004 01:04:05 -0000 Received: from 63-227-127-37.dnvr.qwest.net (HELO ?10.0.0.2?) (63.227.127.37) by mpls-pop-01.inet.qwest.net with SMTP; 24 Oct 2004 01:04:05 -0000 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:06:21 -0600 Message-Id: <1098579981.21035.112.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: "Scott Marlowe" To: "Davide Negri" Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Question on the 8.0Beta Version In-Reply-To: <20041022070342.534EE36CF1@piragna.zeropiu.it> References: <20041022070342.534EE36CF1@piragna.zeropiu.it> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200410/235 X-Sequence-Number: 9698 On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 00:59, Davide Negri 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? I think you may have misunderstood the docs. PostgreSQL doesn't run under any account that has machine admin / root privelages because that makes any small security issue in postgresql into a root level exploit, and that's a bad thing.