On 07/13/12 6:00 AM, tsialiam(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> PANIC: 42501: could not open control file "global/pg_control": Permission
> denied
start a CMD prompt ('dos') via 'run as admin'.
from this privileged command window,
CACLS \path\to\pg\data /T /E /G pss-svc:(OI)(CI)F
then try restarting postgres.
LOCAL_SYSTEM created the files, and owns them.
Oh, the pss-svc user should not be a member of Administrators.
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