Merlin Moncure wrote:
>Bruce Momjian wrote:
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>>How would this interact with pg_ctl? I would hate to have to tell
>>people to use a different command to start/stop the postmaster
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>depending
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>>on what platform they use. :-(
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>I had a thought that on win32 pg_ctl start/stop would mean start/stop
>the service (always) on win32, and for this to be the only way to start
>the postmaster as a service. That neatly solves this problem and we can
>boot the boot/kill here. It is still of course quite possible to invoke
>the server directly in special cases.
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>This also fits nicely with Magnus's #2 scnario, I think.
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No, we need to be able to run *not* under the service manager, and
pg_ctl needs to be able to control that, IMNSHO.
Users might not have admin privs (e.g. in a classroom setting).
cheers
andrew