From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
Cc: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, Harald Armin Massa <haraldarminmassa(at)gmail(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: 8.2 Release: need help digesting the |
Date: | 2006-10-02 20:29:05 |
Message-ID: | 45217691.3030908@commandprompt.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>> I assume you mean releasenotes wording and not TODO, right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * On Win32, PostgreSQL will drop privileges when started,
>>> permitting
>>>> servers running from an administrative account
>>>>
>>>> Or something along that line?
>>> Sorry, yea, release notes. Item added to Win32 section:
>>>
>>> Drop privileges on startup so servers can be started from
>>> an administrative account (Magnus)
>> I think you need to clearify that it's win32 onlyi.
>
> We don't normally re-mention the section title for an item. I am hoping
> "administrative" will be enough of a hint. If we see confusion, we can
> add Win32 later.
>
I think that is going to cause people to think they can start postgresql
as root.
Joshua D. Drake
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