Re: Log files polluted with permission denied error messages after every 10 seconds

Andrus schrieb am 05.03.2021 um 18:36:
> Hi!
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>>Windows? Don't let anti-virus software mess with the data directory.
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> Windows default Windows Defender is active. I excluded data, pg_wal folders and postgres process:
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> Then turned real-time protection off:
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> Problem persists. New entry is written after every 10 seconds.
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> pg_wal also contains files with .deleted extension like
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> 0000000100000005000000B2.deleted
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> Andrus.
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The data directory should not be stored in "C:\Program File"s on Windows.

I wouldn't be surprised if "Program Files" has some additional security settings that come into play here.

%ProgramData% is a better location for the data directory.


Thomas