Re: BUG #4886: Password Crash

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Justin<justin(dot)brock(at)navy(dot)mil> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      4886
> Logged by:          Justin
> Email address:      justin(dot)brock(at)navy(dot)mil
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.7
> Operating system:   Windows XP
> Description:        Password Crash
> Details:
>
> The % sign included in the password field crashes createuser.exe and
> prevents setup to be completed. Below is the error in the
> bitrock_installer.log file. While inserting password for the postgres
> account, the Windows debug screen would come up and say create~1.exe has
> failed and the next window would say that the service account postgres could
> not be created. Installing 8.3.5 allowed me to pass through the error with
> both createuser.exe failing and validateuser.exe failing.

By what seems like an incredible coincidence given the amount of time
this code has been out there, this was also reported yesterday :-).

A fix is being tested as I type - thanks for the report.

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Dave Page
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