Re: BUG #4842: Doesn't install

On 6/7/09, tim lemmon <timlemmon(at)aol(dot)com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4842
> Logged by: tim lemmon
> Email address: timlemmon(at)aol(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: one click for w
> Operating system: windows
> Description: Doesn't install
> Details:
>
> AS documented all over the internet, the one-click postgres download for
> windows does not install. It seem to invisibly set up a uuser account called
> 'postgres' and then asks you for a password (which of course is also not
> known). Just hangs up. Can't find or delete the postgres user. Useless.
> There are hundreds of other users with this issue. Why don;t you fix it?
> Sticking with Access (which sucks)
>
> Many thanks

The installer never creates the account unless you explicitly choose a
passwordin normal use.

The only exception is when running in unattended mode, which can only
be started from the command line using the '--mode unattended' option.
In that case, if nothing is specified on the command line, the default
of 'postgres' is used.

So either you already have a postgres user account on your PC, or
you're using a mode designed for ISVs who need to embed the installer
in their own.

If you have an existing postgres user, it should always be visible in
the computer management MMC snapin, but iirc the home versions of
windows intentionally make it hard to get to that. In that case, try
'net user postgres /delete'

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com