From: | "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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To: | "Zeugswetter Andreas OSB sIT" <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)s-itsolutions(dot)at> |
Cc: | "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Charlie Savage" <cfis(at)savagexi(dot)com>, "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 8.3 .4 + Vista + MingW + initdb = ACCESS_DENIED |
Date: | 2008-10-15 09:59:15 |
Message-ID: | 937d27e10810150259s30514c6n8b1678134779165b@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Zeugswetter Andreas OSB sIT
<Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)s-itsolutions(dot)at> wrote:
>
>> The user running initdb (or the postmaster) needs
>> SeCreateGlobalPrivilege - which is something we cannot really start
>
> Why not ? Doesn't the pg installer already tweak the permissions of the
> installation user. On XP you can connect to session 0, so that is an alternative on XP.
It does, but that's not the user running initdb.
>> the global namespace is there to ensure things work as they should
>> under a non-console terminal services session - which is pretty rare
>> and can usually be avoided.
>
> Hm? non-console is the default for remote, and all you can get in Vista/2008 and up.
I didn't realise you couldn't get console on Vista/2K8. Guess I've
spent too much time on Macs in the last couple of years :-)
> The reason it should be in the Global namespace is that shmem is one part of
> detecting an existing postmaster. Especially in situations where the db is started
> by hand, the protection against duplicate startup is important.
Yeah, as Magnus reminded me.
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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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