| From: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au> |
|---|---|
| To: | Steve Boyd <sboyd67(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #6140: PostgreSQL Server Service Not Starting |
| Date: | 2011-08-04 01:16:41 |
| Message-ID: | 4E39F2F9.6040300@postnewspapers.com.au |
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On 3/08/2011 7:20 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 2/08/2011 8:01 PM, Steve Boyd wrote:
>
>> "could not open process token: error code 5"
>>
>> The service account is in the local administrators group and has full
>> control over the data directory.
>
> AFAIK PostgreSQL service account should *NOT* be part of the local
> administrators group.
>
> That said, the fact that it fails so ungracefully is definitely a bug
> that bears investigation.
An on-list follow-up:
Removing the Pg service account from local admins resolved Steve's problem.
Pg should really fail more gracefully and informatively - or not fail to
launch at all - in this case. It involves Win32 API programming, though....
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