Re: Application specific installs

Have you tried pginstaller.  That does everything for you, no?

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Jonathan Barnhart wrote:
> What you guys have done on the following issues is reasonable and makes
> sense from a lot of points of view.  But Windows is a different animal
> and I am trying to field an actual commercial application that runs
> with Postgresql as its back end under Windows.
>
> I'm getting things to work in its current state where Posturesql is
> doing its multiuser database thing, but here is what is optimal from a
> single application approach when the application tends to be single
> user.
>
> First off, there needs to be a way to allow Posturesql to run as
> Administrator.  Basically add a "do it anyway" flag to it.  What is
> needed for this mode is that posturesql will allow 127.0.0.1 to connect
> to it when it's running as administrator.  I do not see a need to allow
> outside connections in this mode.  The reason for this is most people
> run their windows boxes as administrator because windows runs badly if
> you don't.  So what I would be doing is starting Postgresql as a user
> process and not as a service or anything.  Also this would allow me to
> have a "known good" postgresql for my own app regardless of what else
> has been installed as a service.  Having fielded Oracle based apps and
> worse, BDE apps, version conflicts on the back end are very real and a
> royal pain from a support viewpoint.
>
> So anyway, do I have to fork the code to get my single user anything
> goes locally mode or is there some willingness to address "windows"
> issues here.
>
> Please remember I'm talking about a guy who goes down to Wal-mart.
> Buys a windows XP machine, and installs my product.  He doesn't know
> beans about computers and I'm trying to make his life easy because if I
> don't he'll use someone else's product.
>
> I KNOW the way PG works now is more secure.  But if you're only
> allowing local connections to PG running as administrator it's not that
> much of a risk since if it's being attacked locally things have already
> gone to hell in a hand-basket.
>
>
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