Re: New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to create process for initdb: 1385

From: Mike G <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com>
To: Chris Means <cmeans(at)intfar(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to create process for initdb: 1385
Date: 2004-08-11 04:30:31
Message-ID: 20040811043031.GE19602@localhost.localdomain
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> If it was able to create the NT Service, I'd assume that meant that I had
> enough rights to get everything installed correctly.
>
That is an incorrect assumption.
> The "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0-beta1" folder is still there, an empty
> "data" folder below that, and a "tmp" folder that has an initdb.bat, and
> initdb.pwd file.
>
> The PWD file has the password I assigned to the superuser: postgres
>
> Any ideas what's wrong?
Make sure you have administrative rights and not just a power user.
>
> Are there log files anywhere for me to look at?
Check the event viewer in windows.

Mike

>
> Thanks.
>
> -Chris
>
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