From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: stderr & win32 admin check |
Date: | 2004-06-15 18:29:47 |
Message-ID: | 40CF401B.2010500@dunslane.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>"Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>
>
>>Well, that's kinda the point. If you are a hacker who has local admin
>>privs (not exactly unusual on Windows networks - in some cases Power
>>User group membership is required to run legacy software), you *cannot*
>>run PostgreSQL except as a service, thus potentially making it a show
>>stopper for those users.
>>
>>
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>So? I don't follow why "run it as a service" isn't a sufficient answer,
>and indeed the preferred way to do it.
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>
We don't know what the usage pattern is going to be on Windows - I think
we need to keep it as flexible as possible consistent with good
security. Bear in mind that Windows is effectively a one-console system
- that's one reason why so many users just log on as Administrator -
switching to another user is much more of a pain than it is on Unix.
cheers
andrew
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