Re: starting postmaster W2K service

Akhona,

Please keep your replies on-list.

On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 04:14:09PM +0200, Akhona Damane wrote:
> Now the problem is this the PostgreSQL Server is not starting from the
> Computer Management Services with an error message saying "The service
> could not start due to a logon failure".

Does the following from the README apply?

    3. Grant the "postgres" user the "Log on as a service" user right:

        # cmd /c secpol.msc # [3] [4] [5] [12]

Was the password entered correctly?

> But the server does start when I open the Postgres program (Start ->
> Programs -> PostgreSQL -> Utilities -> Start PostgreSQL Server), and I
> can create Databases. But when I try to connect remotely to the
> Database using PgAdmin it gives an error message saying "Error
> connecting to the server. Is the server running on host ....".
>
> what does this mean? What do you suggest I must do?

Sorry, but I have never used PgAdmin before.

Jason

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