Re: [PATCHES] Run-as-admin warning for win32

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> > Previously, postgresql has exited out on Unix when running as root -
> > this is a similar check, with the following differences:
>
> > * We do a ereport(WARNING) instead of exitting out.
>
> Why?  If we refuse to run as root on Unix, I do not see an argument for
> being more forgiving on Windows.

I am not sure it is as easy to run as non-admin on Win32 as it is to run
as non-root on Unix.  Is it?

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