Re: BUG #5475: Problem during Instalation

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:09 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> Please provide a password for the database superuser (${superaccount})
> and service account (${serviceaccount}). If the service account
> already exists in Windows, you must enter the current password for the
> account. If the account does not exist, it will be created when you
> click 'Next'.

I think that's REALLY confusing. It seems to me that asking for a
password which might be used either to log into an existing account or
to set the password for an account that's about to be created is not
very user-friendly at all. And we get questions about it here
regularly. Why not:

If (account exists)
prompt user to log into account
else
tell user account will be created, ask for account pw
prompt user for db superuser pw

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company