Re: installer for windows by enterprisedb doesn't accpet some chars as password

Hi Takahiro,

Thanks for reporting. Let me check and update.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Takahiro Senda <senda(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:

> To whom it may concern,
>
>
> I'm sending this email since I found something wrong
> with the installer for windows can be downloaded from
> the link below.
>
> https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads
>
> Some specific characters cannot be used for superuser
> password during the installation.
> I've checked with the version 9.2.24 and 10.3.
>
> The characters which are found so far are the followings:
> - "
> - <
> - >
>
> The installer doesn't show any error messages about it when to
> setup the superuser password but it fails to start the server
> at the last of installation process, which message says it fails
> to read postgresql.conf. The database cluster has never been created.
>
> now, I need to setup the password without those characters and then
> change it later..
>
> I think it should be able to use those characters, or show a
> message and give a second chance at least.
>
>
>
> thank you,
> Takahiro
>
> --
> Takahiro Senda <senda(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
>
>
>

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