Re: starting the database server

Nefnifi, Kasem wrote:
> Hi Richard, bellow the text from the log file:
>
> ---------- start log file ----------
>
> 30/11/2004    16:45:08    PostgreSQL    Error    None    0    N/A    BAAN-AT-HOME
> execution of PostgreSQL by a user with administrative permissions is
> not permitted. The server must be started under an unprivileged user
> ID to prevent possible system security compromise.  See the
> documentation for more information on how to properly start the
> server.

There you go - the user PostgreSQL tries to run under has administrative
permissions. This isn't allowed for security purposes.

> 30/11/2004    16:42:52    SceCli    Warning    None    1202    N/A    BAAN-AT-HOME
> "Security policies are propagated with warning. 0x534 : No mapping
> between account names and security IDs was done.
>
> For best results in resolving this event, log on with a
> non-administrative account and search http://support.microsoft.com
> for ""troubleshooting 1202 events"". A user account in one or more
> Group policy objects (GPOs) could not be resolved to a SID. This
> error is possibly caused by a mistyped nor deleted user account
> referenced in either the User Rights or Restricted Groups branch of a
> GPO.  To resolve this event, contact an administrator in the domain
> to perform the following actions:

What's more - there seems to have been a problem mapping user/group
numbers to names. The rest of the message gives details of how to
correct this.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd