Re: Windows Services and Postgresql 9.1.3

On 09/12/2012 04:48 AM, Vincent Dautremont wrote:

> For example, after the server had rebooted, I would stop the service
> from services.msc
> Windows then reports it as stopped but I can still see that the database
> is running,  and can use it.

Check in the process monitor (or, better, with Process Explorer from
Sysinternals) to see what user the `postgres.exe` processes are running as.

> When I would start the service again, I would end up with a timeout
> waiting for the service to be started. When in fact the database was
> always running.
>
> Anyone had that bug/problem before ?

Nope. Sounds completely crazy. More info needed, though.

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Craig Ringer