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

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?

...Robert