Mike T's questions

I've installed PostgreSQL 9.1 x64 on a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 system using the usual install method. The computer has a Novell Client for Windows, and a ZENworks Adaptive Agent, which I suppose externally manages some of the users/policies for the system. I've installed postgres on several Windows computers, so I'm a bit surprised that this system is behaving differently.

When the computer reboots, the PostgreSQL Service does not startup. The full message from attempting to start the service is:

Windows could not start the postgresql-x64-9.1 - PostgreSQL Server 9.1 service on Local Computer. Error 1069: The service did not start due to a logon failure.

I can then go to the properties for that service, in the "Log On" tab, retype the password that was originally used with the installer.

When I click OK, a dialog appears:

The account .\postgres has been granted the Log On As A Service right.

which sounds great. I can then correctly start the PostgreSQL Service and continue on. The problem is when I reboot, I need to go to manage the service, retype the password and manually start the service again.

Viewing the "User Rights Assignment" in "Local Security Policy", I see that the "Log on as a service" is wiped after each reboot, leaving only the default "NT SERVICE\ALL SERVICES". This is what I see on a fresh reboot:

I can then manually add the COMPNAME\postgres user to this dialog to start the service, but it disappears on the next reboot.

Is the problem that the "Log On As A Service" privileges is wiped by the Local Security Policy, or is there something up with the Novell Client/ZENworks Adaptive Agent? Are there any other strategies to make the "Log on as a service" privileges stick for the .\postgres user?

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updates in amazon-ec2 ubuntu 10.04 server

When I log into an Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS server, I see the message:

42 packages can be updated.
18 updates are security updates.

But when I try to update this, nothing gets upgraded as would be expected:

$ sudo apt-get update
....snip....
Reading package lists... Done
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image-generic-pae
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

Any ideas why either nothing was updated, or why the count of 3 (from apt-get) is different than 42? What software says 42 if not apt?

(Other details: This is the server edition, no GUI; I haven't touched the apt configuration files; when I installed the software, I declined to allow automatic updates)