Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] More SSL questions..
John R Pierce <[email protected]>
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Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> writes: > >>I think CSIDL_APPDDATA is probably the way to go, but one of the heavy >>Windows hitters will know better than I do. > > > Now that I look at it, there are several places that are depending on > getenv("HOME") or getenv("USERPROFILE") (on Windows) as the meaning of > "home directory". In particular ~/.pgpass is sought there, and psql > also uses get_home_path in a lot of places. > > Seems like we should be consistent about this --- either we trust $HOME > or we don't. more fun. I just checked the environment of the postmaster service on a win2000 Pro system (using www.sysinternals.com's excellent Process Explorer tool, btw). HOME is not set. USERPROFILE is set to "C:\Documents and Settings\postgres"... For services that are running as 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM', the profile is "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User" (and the USERDOMAIN and USERNAME aren't set at all)... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org