From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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To: | "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, "Shahid Manzoor" <shahid(dot)manzoor(at)ifomis(dot)uni-saarland(dot)de> |
Cc: | <pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: intializing problem with postgresql-8.0.4-binaries-no-installer.zip |
Date: | 2005-11-04 19:02:12 |
Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE92E7F9@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> > I want to run the
> postgresql-8.0.4-binaries-no-installer.zip version
> > of the postgresql in windows 2000 environment. When I run initdb
> > command I got the following error message.
>
> > The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
>
> You cannot init or run the server from an admin account. The
> easiest thing to do is create a user and add to 'backup
> operator' group. Then do a runas to open command under that
> user context and do initdb.
I would strongly advise you *not* to use the Backup Operators group -
that's a potential security problem.
Instead, grant he account the "log on locally" user right, if you want
to run it with runas.
//Magnus
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