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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:19:31 +0100
From: David Sastre <d DOT sastre DOT medina AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.7.7: Postgresql 8.2: no postgres user
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 05:20:16PM -0500, Gerry Reno wrote:
> I installed PostgreSQL 8.2.
> So should there have been a 'postgres' user created by the installation?

No.

> If not, what are the procedures to setting up PostgreSQL with a server
> process user and then running it as a service?

Try the README file, it has instructions on how to do this:

/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-8.2.11.README

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