Re: Starting postgres 8.0.3 - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Joe <svn@freedomcircle.net>:
> You have to NOT be an admin. E.g., create a postgres account without admin
> privileges, i.e., not a Power User or Administrator group (I'm assuming XP),
> log
> on as postgres and issue the pg_ctl command, then switch user to the other
> account.
>
> Joe

Thanks for your reply. I'm using Windows XP, indeed. I don't have a 'postgres'
user, so I assume I have to create one first? Should this be done via the
control panel (User Accounts) or via postgres?

Thanks in advance,

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Peter