Re: initdb failure with PostgreSQL 7.3.2 / Cygwin 1.3.22-1 / - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Seesink" <frank@mail.wvnet.edu>
To: <pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] initdb failure with PostgreSQL 7.3.2 / Cygwin 1.3.22-1
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> Jason Tishler wrote:
> > Frank,
> >
> > On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 08:13:01AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >
> >>On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 06:11:06PM -0400, Frank Seesink wrote:
> >>
> >>>It's as if the copy of ipc-daemon running in the 'postgres' context
> >>>is oblivious to the copy running as Local System account.
> >>
> >>Yes.  I believe understanding the above will lead to the root cause of
> >>this problem.
> >
> >
> > I did some more Googling.  Does the following apply to your setup?
> >
> >     http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;264651
>
> Jason,
>
> After my last post regarding the above link, I switched over to the
> 'postgres' account and tried 'ipctest s' and it worked!!!  GAAH!  I
> started feeling like Markko Paas (the thread that started on 16 Jan
> 2003) which culminated with him posting on 22 Jan 2003 that
>
> ..."ipctest s" started working "out of blue"
>
> but I wanted to get to the bottom of this, once and for all.  Then this
> post of yours tickled my brain.
>
> Turns out you da man!  I think you may have found the culprit!  You
> see, I had LOGGED OUT as 'Frank', then logged in as 'postgres'.  To test
> my theory, I logged out of 'postgres', logged back in as 'Frank', then
> switched ([WindowKey]-L) out and logged in as 'postgres'.  Sure enough,
> 'ipctest s' failed!
>
> I have now tested further by logging back in as 'Frank' (needed admin
> rights) and doing
>
> $ net stop ipc-daemon
> $ rm /tmp/MultiFile*
>
> then rebooting (ipc-daemon is set as a service to start
> 'Automatically'), logged in as 'postgres', and ran 'ipctest s'.  It
worked!
>
> Darn it all to heck, that stupid Windows Terminal Services issue is
> STILL there!!!  Now, I have no clue how you switch it from 'Remote
> Administration' mode to 'Application Server' mode.  But I believe the
> very act of using the Fast User Switching (where you 'Switch Users'
> without logging out) is what is causing this.
>
> I have tried this several times now, and it consistently points to the
> fact that if you run ipctest when you have another account logged in
> (and that's IT no less...no need to be running any Cywgin apps, the BASH
> shell, whatnot), ipctest fails.  I have no clue whether this would also
> apply if someone used the VPN server feature in XP Pro and up, but note
> that the 'Fast User Switch Compatibility' NT service (as well as others)
> all rely on the 'Terminal Services' NT service, so what you may be
> looking at here is a cascading effect:  any action/service that relies
> on 'Terminal Services' may trigger this gotcha.
>
> For a final test, I am going to blow away the entire Cygwin
> distribution install, clean house on the Registry, etc., and start anew.
>   I will then install Cygwin as I always have done, and simply avoid
> doing any user context switching.  If I have any difficulties, I suspect
> they may be with the default file permissions of the /tmp and /usr/bin
> directories.  I will simply do the steps as outlined in the PostgreSQL
> README for starters, however, and once done, I'll let you know what
> steps are required beyond the basic install (like possibly 'chmod 777
> /tmp' and 'chmod 755 /usr/bin /usr/bin/*').
>
> This information may come in handy for others trying to install/run
> PostgreSQL on Cywgin under Windows XP.

I'd really appreciate clearer indication when to log in as myself
(administrator), and when to log in as Postgres.


> Again, thanks for the diligence in this, Jason.  I'll try to
> reciprocate the favor now in what little way I can (though may not post
> 'til morning depending how long it takes me).  I want to know this for
> my own sake as much as for helping others.  I don't want to see
> PostgreSQL stop 'out of the blue' any more than the next guy. :-)
>
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