Re: BUG #6647: Password Issue

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au> wrote:
> On 05/23/2012 04:00 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:43 AM,<subu(dot)car(at)gmail(dot)com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>
>>> Bug reference:      6647
>>> Logged by:          Subramanian
>>> Email address:      subu(dot)car(at)gmail(dot)com
>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.1.3
>>> Operating system:   Windows XP
>>> Description:
>>>
>>> Hello there. We in our company using your product of PostgreSQL - 9.1.3&
>>> 8.3. But both of these products results in a Password Error. We all tried
>>> with variuos passwords and got a Single error as Failed... Please respond
>>> to
>>> this bug ASAP. Thank you.
>>
>> You probably have an existing postgres account.  Try changing the
>> password of that account to something that you know, and then using
>> that password for the installer.
>>
>
> I really wish EDB would add a help link to this part of the installer, it
> bits people all the time.

It's on my TODO - added a couple of weeks ago.

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