Re: Initdb on Windows 2003 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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In response to Initdb on Windows 2003  (<James_Hughes@McAfee.com>)
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Not yet, have asked for that very information.

-James

-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:mha@sollentuna.net]
Sent: 30 March 2006 09:27
To: Hughes, James; andrew@dunslane.net
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Initdb on Windows 2003

> Just to let you guys know, I spoke to Microsoft and they confirmed
> that they have restricted access to the 'nul'
> device in a security update (to admin users). Not quite sure of the
> extact update! This is hardcoded in
> the Windows source, so no way to change somthing via code :(

:-O

Do you have a reference to a Q article, or to which security update it
was changed in?

//Magnus



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