Re: pg_autovacuum fails to run as a windows service (beta4)

From: "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)tocr(dot)com>
To: Steve McWilliams <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_autovacuum fails to run as a windows service (beta4)
Date: 2004-12-10 22:42:24
Message-ID: 41BA2650.3090500@tocr.com
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Just a quick guess, the user account that you are logged in as while
attempting to install the service, is it an admin account that has the
required privileges?

Steve McWilliams wrote:

>I am unable to run pg_autovacuum as a windows service. I am using
>8.0.0beta4 on Windows XP Pro. When I execute the following to try to
>install it as a service:
>
>pg_autovacuum.exe -I -N os_user -W os_pword -U db_user -p 15432 -L my_log
>
>It fails to show up in the services list. The log file shows:
>
>ERROR: The account name is invalid or does not exist, or the password is
>invalid for the account name specified.
>
>The OS account name and password ARE correct however. In fact they are
>the same OS account name and password that Postgres is already running
>under successfully as a windows service on the same machine.
>
>Note that if I instead run pg_autovacuum from the command line, not as a
>service, then it works fine:
>
>pg_autovacuum.exe -U db_user -p 15432 -L my_log
>
>Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>Steve McWilliams
>
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