pg_ctl in Windows
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-pg-ctl.html
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Could it be added that in Windows pg_ctl needs to be run as administrator? I
spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the program didn't run, before
I found the answer online.
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 03:22:10AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-pg-ctl.html
Description:Could it be added that in Windows pg_ctl needs to be run as administrator? I
spent a lot of time trying to figure out why the program didn't run, before
I found the answer online.
We don't have a lot of operating-spefic text in our docs, so a better
solution might be to issue an error message suggesting the cause. What
command are you running and what does the failure look like?
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