"Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 9/8/07, Zenaan Harkness <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> In the meantimem, is there any option to allow pg to run in a privileged >> account on windows? > Your friend has the following choices in the matter. He can stop > running as an administrator and then run postgresql from his account, > or he can install postgresql as a service, which really isn't a huge > inconvience / use of resources or he can hack the windows code to let > pgsql run in an unsupported and unsafe manner. I thought there was code in there since 8.2 to drop the admin privileges at startup ... doesn't that solve the problem the way he wants? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq