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 7DB7A3A430B for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:14:06 +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 21180-04 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:13:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mproxy.gmail.com (mproxy.gmail.com [216.239.56.243]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7973A3B28 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:13:58 +0100 (BST) Received: by mproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id u33so171776cwc for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:13:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=j9ioECoKeR0tvUE+b/fWzTG006+ciZ1msnalE1CSQhlaa5BfFi8MQ4ecTa1jj4Shg08vdeP3gIY9Hry6Rpllkm8qXFjTXrwGCa3LO9keJ3POkweJ/ccZklEPesANS3IQTND+S8Bef0fMQkReay4tf9PJVjveBG9J4wuwbFCTyKk= Received: by 10.11.122.9 with SMTP id u9mr177727cwc; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.11.100.50 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:13:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:13:54 +0300 From: Adrian Maier Reply-To: Adrian Maier To: Davide Negri Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Question on the 8.0Beta Version Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <20041022070342.534EE36CF1@piragna.zeropiu.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041022070342.534EE36CF1@piragna.zeropiu.it> 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: 200410/272 X-Sequence-Number: 9735 On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:59:56 +0200, 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? 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