Re: Unable to start server - winxp - Mailing list pgsql-general

 
> 2006/12/22, Joost Kuckartz <jkuckartz1984@hotmail.com>:
> > I only have one user account on my winxp (if it's that one
> > PostgreSQL is looking at) and I don't want to switch to another user (create
> > even one) to start the postgres server.
>
> If you don't want to create another user account (why?),
> then you will have to change the account that you are using to
> "standard" or "unprivileged" user. Use the power of Control Panel.

 
Why? Because I want to work with only one user on my computer, which is me. I want to be able to run everything as admin, because then I've got control over everything I do. It's my own computer and I want to be able to change whatever I want. I could understand if more people use your computer, you set up multiple users an add restrictions like not editing other peoples files. I'm the only user, I always used 98, and there you had the ability to change all, and you didn't even had users. That was ok with me, I don't need all those fancy winxp users, all those (very iritating) winxp "documents and settings", "my music" etc. folders. So I hid that far away.
 
So there's no other way to start the server else than to create an unpriviledged winxp user account, or change my user account (and forever not be able to install programs, change settings etc etc.)? There must be, I can't imagine postgresql is in backwards world: making the admin less priviledged than an unpriviledged user.

> I can't understand why you didn't follow the standard installer (MSI
> package) way of setting things up.
>

Actually, I did. I didn't change any of the settings pre-given, but still I can't start the postgresql server. The installer refused to initiate the server though, because it's on FAT32. But for that I used the initdb.exe.
 
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> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:12:33 +0100
> From: plk.zuber@gmail.com
> To: jkuckartz1984@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Unable to start server - winxp
> CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>
> 2006/12/22, Joost Kuckartz <jkuckartz1984@hotmail.com>:
> > I only have one user account on my winxp (if it's that one
> > PostgreSQL is looking at) and I don't want to switch to another user (create
> > even one) to start the postgres server.
>
> If you don't want to create another user account (why?),
> then you will have to change the account that you are using to
> "standard" or "unprivileged" user. Use the power of Control Panel.
>
> I can't understand why you didn't follow the standard installer (MSI
> package) way of setting things up.
>
>
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> Filip Rembiałkowski

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