Re: postgresql as windows 2000 service problem

> I have downloaded the binary snapshot from 13/7/2004 I have
> created a user postgres and give him log on as service right
> As user postgres I unzipped the binary snapshot to
> c:\postgres As Administrator I add to path c:\postgres\bin
> and c:\postgres\lib As postgres I run with success initdb -L
> "c:/postgres/share"
> As postgres I can run (with success) pg_ctl start and pg_ctl
> stop As Administrator I run pg_ctl register -U postrges -P
> xxxxxx As Administtrator if i give net start postgresql I get
> the error 1067

Ok: Error 1067 is "The process terminated unexpectedly.". Looks like
pg_ctl or the postmaster just fell over.

Do you get any entries in the event log? And make sure you have enabled
eventlog logging in postgresql.conf (off by default).

> I have done the same things in windows xp and everything worked fine.
> The only difference I note is that in windows xp the user
> name in service postgresql is SERVER\postgres. In windows
> 2000 is .\postgres.

They should be equivalant, and shouldn't have any effect on this.

//Magnus