| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Johnson Jesse <Johnson(dot)J2(at)mellon(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL .msi Installation Failure |
| Date: | 2007-10-30 07:44:57 |
| Message-ID: | 4726E0F9.3040600@archonet.com |
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Johnson Jesse wrote:
> I am trying to install postgreSQL v8.2.5 as a prerequisite for Firefox
> Bugzilla application on one of our network servers (Microsoft Server
> 2000).
> The logfile reads:
> fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/data ... ok
> creating subdirectories ... initdb: could not create directory
> "C:/Program Files": File exists
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/data"
I'm guessing the postgres user doesn't have permission to read C:/ so it
can't see "Program Files" and can't create it.
This message suggests the same (found by googling "postgresql install
could not create directory")
http://www.jitterbit.com/PhpBB/viewtopic.php?p=2534&sid=5c3300459a4495fc3e187d9554a35b50
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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