Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable pg_ctl to give up admin privileges when starting the

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Enable pg_ctl to give up admin privileges when starting the
Date: 2006-02-11 00:12:21
Message-ID: 20060211001220.GJ4474@ns.snowman.net
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* Tom Lane (tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org) wrote:
> Enable pg_ctl to give up admin privileges when starting the server under
> Windows (if newer than NT4, else works same as before).

I don't suppose we could consider doing this for Unix-based systems too?
I think it'd certainly be nice. It's also how quite a few other Unix
daemons operate.

Thanks,

Stephen

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