default log file inaccessable to non-local admin users

From: "Sherman Boyd" <ShermanB(at)clh(dot)com>
To: <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: default log file inaccessable to non-local admin users
Date: 2003-04-24 22:13:40
Message-ID: D17BA970DE186447AD8A5A2A117C2C1503CEA0@bulbasaur.internal.clh.com
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This is a quick note for the developers, and for anyone who encounters the same problem I did. When I tried running pgadmin2 as a non local admin user the program would crash every time I tried to connect to a database:

Run-time error '75';
Path/File access error.

I created a folder for log files under C:\Documents and Settings\username\pgadmin2 and set pgaccess to save it's logs there. Problem solved. I think this would be a good default place to store the logfiles & other user settings for pgaccess, as not every user can access C:\ . It might be nice if the error was a little more explicit too!

BTW I think this error will always occur on XP systems, although it will also be a problem on Windows 2000 systems that have been locked down by the admins.

Thanks,

Sherman Boyd

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