FIX: Improve error handling for lack of Windows file permission to database
Created:
7/9/2025 2:44:30 PM by Steve Dennis
Status:
Awaiting Release on
Last pulled:
7/18/2025 9:56:26 PM
Description:
The user running the ProGet service did not have permission to `C:\ProgramData\ProGet\Database`
However, no error was reported/visible when running `proget.exe run`. However, when running `pg_ctl start -D C:\ProgramData\ProGet\Database`, the error was obvious:
waiting for server to start....2025-07-09 07:29:14.653 PDT [980] PANIC: could not open file "global/pg_control": Permission denied
..................... stopped waiting
pg_ctl: could not start server
Once I gave the service account full control over C:\ProgramData\ProGet\Database, the database started.
Ideally this error would be shown on the database unincluse dpage