Re: win32 service code

Merlin Moncure wrote:

>Andrew wrote:
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>>>I had a thought that on win32 pg_ctl start/stop would mean start/stop
>>>the service (always) on win32, and for this to be the only way to
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>start
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>>No, we need to be able to run *not* under the service manager, and
>>pg_ctl needs to be able to control that, IMNSHO.
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>>Users might not have admin privs (e.g. in a classroom setting).
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>Ok, fair enough. Do you think start/stop service should still be done
>through pg_ctl?
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I think if we are running as a service that the SCM code should create
$PGDATA/pgservice.servicename so we can at least detect it.

Then if that file is present, we have a range of options, including:
. don't allow pg_ctl to do stop/start/restart
. have pg_ctl issue "net {stop,start} servicename" to give effect to the
commands

cheers

andrew