> > ...i have little experience in linux and i work on windows.
>
>
> I don't know the current state of the Windows port (PG 7.5)
> but as I understood it currently won't run as service at all.
> For getting a service you need to go with cygwin ...
Current snapshots have full service integration - has had for quite a
while. The integratino happens through pg_ctl, so run that command to
get the parameters required to install the service.
> I didn't test it, but at least since Windows 2000 there is a
> command "runas" that can RUN programs AS other users.
> You can use it even with the desktop, when you hold SHIFT and
> right-click a program.
This command works just fine - this is how I start my dev version. You
can also specify it directly on the shortcut so it will always pop up.
It exists in 2000, XP and 2003. (And Longhorn, but let's run one
development snapshot at a time..)
//Magnus
