Re: stderr & win32 admin check

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: stderr & win32 admin check
Date: 2004-06-15 22:51:56
Message-ID: 2673.24.211.141.25.1087339916.squirrel@www.dunslane.net
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Tom Lane said:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> So? I don't follow why "run it as a service" isn't a sufficient
>>> answer, and indeed the preferred way to do it.
>
>> We don't know what the usage pattern is going to be on Windows - I
>> think we need to keep it as flexible as possible consistent with good
>> security.
>
> Sure, but I draw the line at running Postgres with admin privileges.
> "Flexibility is more important than security" is exactly the mindset
> that has gotten Microsoft into their current bed of nails.
>

That would be the reason for my qualifying phrase "consistent with good
security". :-)

cheers

andrew

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