| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jc Cipriano <carlocipriano20(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Clarification of initdb ownership requirement on Windows |
| Date: | 2026-11-09 14:47:14 |
| Message-ID: | 2212231.1794235634@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jc Cipriano <carlocipriano20(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Could you clarify which interpretation is intended for Windows?
> 1.
> *Same-account requirement:* The Windows account that executes initdb
> must also be the Windows account under which the PostgreSQL server process
> subsequently runs.
> 2.
> *Access-based requirement:* The accounts may differ, provided that the
> Windows account running the PostgreSQL server has the necessary access to
> the initialized data directory and related files.
I recommend following option 1. Option 2 might accidentally work
today, but it doesn't map to what we expect on Unix-oid systems,
and nobody here is going to shed a tear if we break it.
regards, tom lane
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