Password requirement in windows installer

From: Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: PostgreSQL-development list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Password requirement in windows installer
Date: 2007-08-30 22:30:07
Message-ID: 5CC104F9-A9E9-430B-8CE9-30AC2CFB5C98@decibel.org
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Why does the windows installer require a password for the superuser
account, since it's perfectly legitimate not to have a password on
that account? I could see perhaps producing a warning, but making
this a hard requirement seems like overkill.
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Decibel!, aka Jim Nasby decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)

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