Jc Cipriano <[email protected]> writes:
> Could you clarify which interpretation is intended for Windows?
> 1.
> *Same-account requirement:* The Windows account that executes initdb
> must also be the Windows account under which the PostgreSQL server process
> subsequently runs.
> 2.
> *Access-based requirement:* The accounts may differ, provided that the
> Windows account running the PostgreSQL server has the necessary access to
> the initialized data directory and related files.
I recommend following option 1. Option 2 might accidentally work
today, but it doesn't map to what we expect on Unix-oid systems,
and nobody here is going to shed a tear if we break it.
regards, tom lane
