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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:18:30 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: Changing users in a bash shell.
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Igor,

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:25:25PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > I know of three ways to do this:
> >
> >     1. Log out and log back in as postgres. [1]
> >     2. Set up sshd and then execute "ssh postgres AT localhost". [2]
> >     3. Use Fast User Switching to switch user to postgres. [1] [3]
> 
> Umm, Jason, what about 4. Use RunAs?

Yes, I forgot about RunAs.

> It's available on at least Win2k,

Yes.

> and maybe even on WinNT...

IIRC, no.

AFAICT, it is still not be possible to script a PostgreSQL install for
all version of Windows and/or Cygwin configurations.

Jason

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