| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Luis Rodrigues" <luis(dot)rodrigues(at)linux-portugal(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postgres user - win32 installer |
| Date: | 2004-10-21 10:27:48 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE475F86@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> with pginstaller, when pass the creation of postgres he
> creates postgres user.
>
> if in the next step i cancel the installation, if i try to
> install again we need to create another user in windows,
> because when i cancel the installation the installer don't
> delete the user that was created in the previous installation.
>
> i think that you must delete postgres user when a
> installation is canceled, or at least, ask to.
This is a known issue, and it was determined way too dangerous to go
removing accuonts on uninstall, since they may well be used for other
things.
It might be a good idea to explicitly inform the user about this when
the account is created, though.
//Magnus
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