On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:45:21AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A lack of a sense of control is simply one more barrier to potential > > switchers. Make sense? > > But by starting postgresql under an administrative account, the user > would, in effect, be giving up that control to PostgreSQL to simply do > as it pleased with the machine. > > The real problem here is the common perception in Windows user's minds > that running as an admin account is acceptable. It's not. It's > dangerous. If your friend was following the basic tenant of not > running as an admin all the time, there would be no problem. He, and > many other windows users, have a bad habit to unlearn. Making > PostgreSQL part of the problem is not the solution. I agree. And my recommendation for _next_ time he reinstalls his windows/ sets up his machine, will be to arrange to live in a non-privileged account. I don't know when that will be. In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged account on windows? Thanks again for the feedback, it is appreciated, Zen ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
