Well, you mean you don’t
know how to start the server on your WinXP?
I think you could install
your postgresql on linux or unix instead of windows.
To start the server , you
can use postmaster ?D database ?U <name>. U can use your user
name replace the <name>.
Also,I think you can read
Howtos and use command line ‘man postmaster’ for help.
发件人:
pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 代表 Joost Kuckartz
发送时间: 2006年12月22日
17:14 MARK
收件人: Richard Huxton
抄送: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
主题: Re: [GENERAL] Unable to start server - winxp
Hello all,
I changed port 80 again, so localhost is now running on that.
I checked all the manuals, which were mostly written for linux and unix based
systems. The only command I found was "postmaster -D database".
When I try that, I'm getting the following error:
"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."
Well, the documentation doesn't say anything on how to start the server as
another user. I only have one user account on my winxp (if it's that one
PostgreSQL is looking at) and I don't want to switch to another user (create
even one) to start the postgres server. If it's a user account at the postgres
system, how do I create a new user there if the server can't start? Does anyone
know how I do start the server?
Please help, Thanks,
Joost
> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:11:58 +0000
> From: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: jkuckartz1984@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Unable to start server - winxp
>
> Joost Kuckartz wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > After a huge amount of trying out (I'm new at running webservers, I
> > had a lot of problems installing apache too) I finally was able to
> > install postpresql 8.2 (latest version) on my computer. What I want
> > to do in the end is have a local webserver running. I installed ms4w
> > (package with php, mapserver, apache) and I had to change the
> > httpd.conf port to 81 (80 is in use by I-don't-know-what, I can't see
> > that)
>
> Stop. Find out what is on port 80 and how to disable it before going
> further. If you don't know what your computer is doing, how can you hope
> to run a reliable system?
>
> You probably want to read up on "netstat" and "process
explorer" and
> "IIS" to start with.
>
> > Well, I installed the .msi, and I had no idea that the
"account"
> > settings had to be left intact. First I thought I could change it,
> > but then it installed and always gave the error "user already
exists"
> > (while in the install was asked to create the new user...)
>
> Hmm - does the manual not cover details about why PostgreSQL wants to
> run as a separate user?
>
> > Ok, so I left all ok, left the computer name there, and created the
> > new standard username "postgres". Now I can't start the
server, it
> > will say I have to start it not as administrator. Well, I only have
> > one useraccount here and I'm not planning on switching useraccounts
> > just to run postgresql, or change my account so I don't have admin
> > rights anymore.
>
> You can start it as anyone, but you should run it as a non-administrator
> account. Do you understand how user-accounts and services on Windows work?
>
> > How do I start it? After that the problems of configuring it with
> > Apache will follow, but first this.
>
> You don't. PostgreSQL will NOT run as an administrator account. It
> doesn't need to and it's a security hole if it does so. You should be
> able to start the service as an administrator just fine.
>
> > I can't compile, and I'm not planning to either. If I had a dedicated
> > server I probably would run linux or unix or something which can
> > handle better with webservers anyway. Can somebody help me? Thanks!
>
> I think you're mis-reading the error message. You can start it as an
> administrator, and it should run as user "postgres". The only
thing I
> can think is that user "postgres" somehow has some administrator
rights
> and that is why its complaining.
>
> In any case, to get a more accurate answer you'll need to provide the
> exact error message and what you were doing when it happened.
>
> PS - you can hire "virtual" linux servers quite cheaply which
will let
> you play around with setting up all sort of packages.
>
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd
>
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