Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: BUG #18707: Installation issue

On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 6:39 AM Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM Sandeep Thakkar
> <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> > Thanks for sharing the installation log. Could you once try installing
> postgresql-15.8-2-windows-x64.exe as I see a commit in the Git around that
> bug?
>
> I wonder why the log shows "entr‚e" (instead of "entrée") in one
> place, but apparently OK encoding elsewhere... makes me pretty
> suspicious of the account name "autorite nt\système", and I see there
> is also an open issue in the github about "nt-autorität\system". Just
> a wild guess: would it help to use numerical SIDs instead of account
> names when invoking shell commands like icacls?
>

Yes, I tried that recently. It works well for init cluster, but pg_ctl
fails to register the service:

> Executing C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Program
> Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_ctl.exe" register -N "postgresql-x64-17" -U
> "*S-1-5-20" -D "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data" -w
> Script exit code: 1 Script output:
> Script stderr:
> pg_ctl: could not register service "postgresql-x64-17": error code 1057

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Sandeep Thakkar