Re: Error when installing PostgreSQL 16.3.2 under system context NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Hi Harald.Munsch,

Thanks for sharing it with me. Could you try the solution suggested ?

For quite sometime, I have not worked on Windows so don't have environment
with me to try things for you.

Regards,
Muhammad Ikram

On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:01 AM <Harald(dot)Munsch(at)it(dot)nrw(dot)de> wrote:

> Hello,
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> thank you for your fast response.
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> I checked the permissions: the SYSTEM-account has full permissions to the
> TEMP-folder.
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> In the internet i found a correspondence regarding an older version of
> PostgreSQL from a user with a similar problem. Please see following link:
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> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/SL2P216MB0666FD5553AA70BAE3092060F9D00%40SL2P216MB0666.KORP216.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
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> Maybe the cause of the current error is similar?
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> Kind regards,
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> Harald
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> *Von:* Muhammad Ikram <mmikram(at)gmail(dot)com>
> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 7. Juli 2024 12:57
> *An:* Munsch, Harald (IT.NRW) <Harald(dot)Munsch(at)it(dot)nrw(dot)de>
> *Cc:* pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org; Siepmann, Claudia (IT.NRW) <
> Claudia(dot)Siepmann(at)it(dot)nrw(dot)de>
> *Betreff:* Re: Error when installing PostgreSQL 16.3.2 under system
> context NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
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> Hi,
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> Have you checked whether the system user has the right permissions on Temp
> which is being used ? Please navigate to the temp that SYSTEM is using and
> check permissions and adjust accordingly. Right click on the Temp
> directory, move to the Security tab and ensure that the system user has
> full control permissions.
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> You may get more detailed logging by trying to install using a terminal.
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> postgresql-16.3-2-windows-x64.exe /S /L*v %TEMP%\postgresql-install.log
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> Hope this helps
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> Regards,
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> Muhammad Ikram,
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> Bitnine Global.
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> On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM <Harald(dot)Munsch(at)it(dot)nrw(dot)de> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> when installing PostgreSQL version 16.3.2 on a windows 10 client with the
> setup: „postgresql-16.3-2-windows-x64.exe“ via SCCM, i.e. in
> SYSTEM-context, the installation failes with following error-message:
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> (The error occures directly after starting the installation.)
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> *„There has been an error. Unable to write inside TEMP environment path“*
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> Even though the system-account has full permissions to this path.
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> An Installation with an Administrative account (not NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM )
> on the same client runs succesfully.
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> We want to deploy the software with SCCM, therefore, we need to use the
> SYSTEM-account.
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> Can you please provide us with a setup that works in SYSTEM-context ?
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> Thank you for your support.
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> Kind regards
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
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> Harald Munsch
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