Re: BUG #4988: Installer fails when creating password

On 08/17/2009 05:37 AM, jeremy(dot)rosenburg(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4988
> Logged by:
> Email address: jeremy(dot)rosenburg(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.7.3.1
> Operating system: Windows XP
> Description: Installer fails when creating password
> Details:
>
> I was installing for the first time and entered a password that contained
> special characters #$% for the postgres user. The installer blew-up after
> the user was created but now I'm totally stuck since it's not obvious how to
> remove or change the password of the postgres user that was created just
> before the installer failed. Uninstalling won't clean it up and
> reinstalling keeps finding the user with a password that causes CREATE~1.EXE
> to abort during install.
>

I have tried the installer with password as '#$%postgres' on a WinXP and
it ran fine. So can please you post the error part of installation log
(%TEMP%\install-postgresql.log)?

Also you can try,

*NET USER postgres new_password* (to change the password of 'postgres'
user)

or
*
NET USER postgres /delete* (to delete the 'postgres' user)

> So, I'm not forming a very positive first impression of PostgreSQL
>
>

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Regards,
Sachin Srivastava
www.enterprisedb.com