Re: A patch to pg_regress for Windows port

This patch removes double-quotes from around the listen_addresses=%s part; I
couldn't find a way of doing that. But then, the questions is, can the %s
(hostname) have spaces embedded in it?

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On 1/6/07, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Windows, if logged in as an Administrator, 'make check' fails with our
> standard error, saying:
>
> <quote>
> Execution of PostgreSQL by a user with administrative permissions is not
> permitted.
> The server must be started under an unprivileged user ID to prevent
> possible system security compromises. See the documentation for
> more information on how to properly start the server.
> </quote>
>
> But, for some time now, a Windows' Administrator *can* run a postgres
> without having to create a normal user; he just has to use pg_ctl to do so.
> Thanks to code written by Magnus, pg_ctl gives up it's administrative
> privilges before starting the postmaster, and hence the postmaster runs
> without critical privileges.
>
> So I thought that 'make check' could also make use of that functionality,
> and hence this patch.
>
> Is this new pg_ctl behavior mentioned anywhere in the docs?
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> gurjeet[(dot)singh](at)EnterpriseDB(dot)com
> singh(dot)gurjeet(at){ gmail | hotmail | yahoo }.com
>