Hello,
I have configured my system to start the postgres server automatically upon system startup.
In practice, however, the service often fails to start when the machine is restarted. (It does start sometimes!) The problem seems to be that the service “forgets” the password to the non-admin logon account. To rectify the problem, I go to the Windows Computer Management dialog and open the properties applet of the PostgresSQL Database Server 8.3 service. On the “Log On” tab, I re-enter and confirm the password for this account. Then I go back to the “General” tab and press the “Start” button. This method always works. But it will not be an acceptable solution for potential users down the road.
I am hoping there is a way to improve the reliability of the automatic startup.
The Windows registry lists values for the following keys under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Services\pgsql-8.3
Data Directory F:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data\
Database Superuser postgres
Display Name PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3
Encoding Win1252
Locale English_United States
Port 0x00001538
Product Code {B823632F-3B72-4514-8861-B961CE263224}
Service Account Red000037\pgssvc
Pg_ctl status reports the following once the server is running:
% pg_ctl status
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 3532)
F:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/bin/postgres.exe "-D" "F:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data"
I also see that pg_ctl allows us to register and unregister the service. When registering, an option for a password is provided but this is not shown in the registry. Also, I see other things in the registry that do not seem to be settable from pg_ctl.
Would unregistering and re-registering the service using the –P option help at all here? Is there some other configuration setting or registry setting that could be used to make the startup 100% reliable?
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Gail
