Thread: pgAdmin - read only installation directory

I would like to use pgAdmin for a database course at our university. The  student's workstations are running Windows XP
andthe students have no 
 
write access to the local disk.

But pgAdmin III seems to store some information at run time within the 
installation directory. For example it creates a log file there. So 
pgAdmin III crashes, if it can not write to the installation directory.

Is there are work around for this issue?

I tried pgAdmin III (V 1.0.2, binary release) on Windows XP 
Professional, German Edition.

Best regards,

Bernhard

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University of Bayreuth
Chair of Applied Computer Science I

Bernhard Daubner wrote:

> I would like to use pgAdmin for a database course at our university. 
> The  student's workstations are running Windows XP and the students 
> have no write access to the local disk.
>
> But pgAdmin III seems to store some information at run time within the 
> installation directory. For example it creates a log file there. So 
> pgAdmin III crashes, if it can not write to the installation directory.
>
> Is there are work around for this issue?
>
> I tried pgAdmin III (V 1.0.2, binary release) on Windows XP 
> Professional, German Edition.
>
> Best regards, 


You can have the log file stored anywhere, or disable logging 
completely; see options. If the logfile can't be opened, a message box 
should show up, but no crash.


Regards,
Andreas