> In the thread: > > Fix for running from admin account on win32 > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-01/msg00172. > php > <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2006-01/msg00172.php> > > An optimistic reading is that postgresql will be able to drop > dangerous permissions as it starts up instead of requiring an > unprivileged account. Is this the case? Yes. > If so, how soon will it be rolled into a downloadable release? It will be in 8.2. The patch should apply to 8.1 as well if you need it earlier, since it's very localised to pg_ctl and initdb. > If not, is there any way around the administrative check? Until then, no - unless you want to take out the check completely from the source. //Magnus
