Re: installation problem with postgres password

From: Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au>
To: Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: KOTa <kota(dot)alba(at)gmail(dot)com>, Sachin Srivastava <sachin(dot)srivastava(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>, raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com>, rod(at)iol(dot)ie, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: installation problem with postgres password
Date: 2012-07-18 14:44:47
Message-ID: 5006CBDF.7040706@ringerc.id.au
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On 07/18/2012 10:13 PM, Alban Hertroys wrote:
> On 18 July 2012 10:33, KOTa <kota(dot)alba(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> update. managed to run it via command prompt "postgres_install.exe
>> --serviceaccount postgres"
>> it did start. it still asks for a password, but because i could not
>> create any password for this user and installation does not accept
>> empty password, i am still stuck
> Perhaps you can't create more than one account because it's Windows 7
> Home Edition? It sounds like the type of limitation to expect on that
> edition.
Maybe if it were Starter. "Home" typically refers to Home Premium which
is certainly not so restricted. Even if it were Home Basic, that can't
create homegroups, lacks Aero, and lacks media center, but it's
perfectly happy with multiple users.

There's something funky about this person's Windows install, it's just a
matter of working out what.

--
Craig Ringer

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