Re: PgSQL not as Administrator - probs on w

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: 'Gary Doades' <gpd(at)gpdnet(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Subject: Re: PgSQL not as Administrator - probs on w
Date: 2004-07-01 08:27:25
Message-ID: 40E3CAED.7040409@pse-consulting.de
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Claudio Natoli wrote:

>>I agree.
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>As do I.
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>>Unfortunately I can't run my normal development user without
>>admin privileges as quite a bit of the testing needs privileges
>>for registry, files, debugging etc..
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>Same here. I think this could be a bit of an annoyance to a lot of novice
>users... exactly the set we are trying to win over with this port.
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>Let's at least provide an *obvious* command line to override.
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Cmd line option won't be enough, win32 users don't even know there's
such a beast... It'll be up to the installer to shout loudly about that
option, warning for eternal damnation if using it. Maybe the installer
can offer to create a safe user.

Regards,
Andreas

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