[postgis-devel] PSC Vote: Get rid of micro in PostGIS Extension scripts (and comments from others)

[Bruce Rindahl]

Depends on the package.  To install PostgreSQL as a windows service takes
admin rights (EDB).  To start PostgreSQL via a command (pg_ctl) each time
does not.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 8:01 AM Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 07:20:32AM -0600, Bruce Rindahl wrote:
> > Windows does support symbolic links but you need admin privileges to
> create
> > them.  I believe you need admin rights to install PostgreSQL but not
> > PostGIS.
>
> This is very interesting. How come you don't need admin rights to
> install PostGIS ? Installing PostGIS implies writing files to the
> "extension" directory of PostgreSQL install, is that considered safe
> by the Windows security model ? Does that imply installing PostgreSQL
> in a non-system directory ?
>
> --strk;
>
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