Re: BUG #5393: Installer sets superuser password if passwords don't match

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I accidentally rejected this message while moderating -bugs, so I'm forwarding
>> it to the list to atone for myself. Apologies to all involved...
>>
>> From: Rens Admiraal <rens(at)rensnel(dot)nl>
>> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:00:27 GMT
>> To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: BUG #5393: Installer sets superuser password if passwords don't match
>>
>> The following bug has been logged online:
>>
>> Bug reference:      5393
>> Logged by:          Rens Admiraal
>> Email address:      rens(at)rensnel(dot)nl
>> PostgreSQL version: 8.4
>> Operating system:   Windows
>> Description:        Installer sets superuser password if passwords don't
>> match
>> Details:
>>
>> I just installed PostgreSQL 8.4 on windows 7 64 bit using the oneclick
>> installer.
>>
>> I didn't read the installation steps as normal :-) So I tried to set a
>> username + password in the step where the superuser password is asked.
>>
>> Offcourse I got the error "Passwords don't match", I read the screen again,
>> and thought "A nice, if no users excists, it will be created", and clicked
>> next without filling anything. This also didn't work, and I could only get
>> it to work using the username I filled in the first password field
>> initially...
>>
>> I would expect the installation not to create a user at all at wrong input!
>> So it might be better to check the values in the passwords fields first, and
>> create the user if the passwords are equal...
>
> I don't know if this list is the right place to report bugs in the
> one-click installer, or if not where the right place would be.  Anyone
> else know?
>
>

no, it isn't (extracted from: http://www.postgresql.org/support/submitbug)
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probably, enterprisedb support forums is the way to go:
http://forums.enterprisedb.com/forums/list.page

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Jaime Casanova
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