Re: [PATCHES] Fix for running from admin account on win32

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Fix for running from admin account on win32
Date: 2006-02-03 18:40:01
Message-ID: 200602031840.k13Ie1E26695@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
> > You'll still need to run the postmaster frmo pg_ctl to get the "run as
> > admin" part. The only part that could be moved is the Job Object for
> > management. And you're normally not going to need that one when you're
> > not running as a service. Maybe sometimes, but I doubt it's worth it. If
> > we could solve the run-as-admin inside the postmaster it might be
> > different, but AFAICS we can't.
>
> Yeah, I thought we'd agreed that the patch was fine as-is.

Fine. I just wanted to make sure the decions was being made in terms of
logic, rather than Win32 cruft avoidance. The previous discussion was
not clear on this point.

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