Re: Windows 2003 server installation issue

On 8/18/10 7:42 AM, Vikram Patil wrote:
> Joshua,
>
> Thanks for reply. But I tried 8.4.4 and it still doesn't work with local administrator account on windows 2003 . I don't want to create additional "postgres" user to start service on windows rather I want to use my currently logged in user. User can be administrator or non-administrator.
See --serviceaccount and --servicepassword CLI options to the installer,
you can provide any existing user with its corresponding password as the
postgres service owner.
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> I am getting an "error code 5" in event viewer when I try to use administrator as service user.Before attempting that I used initdb to create
> Data directory with same user
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> Thanks& Regards,
> Vikram
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:32 AM
> To: Vikram Patil
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Windows 2003 server installation issue
>
> On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 23:49 -0700, Vikram Patil wrote:
>
>> Hello Folks,
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>> I am facing an issue starting postgresql using windows service when
>> my user belongs to Administrator group.
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>> I applied patch from following thread to 8.4.1 source code and it
>> seems to be working with every windows operating system except Windows
>> 2003 .
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> There is a reason the community provides binary packages. The idea that
> you are patching 8.4.1 is quite ridiculous. Upgrade to 8.4.4.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>

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