Noone's answered this. I'd really like to install Postgres on my work station.
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Page [mailto:dp...@pgadmin.org] Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 5:00 AM To: Krimstock, Roger I (Roger) Cc: Pg Bugs; Magnus Hagander Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #4785: Installation fails Magnus? Ping? On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Krimstock, Roger I (Roger) > <r...@avaya.com> wrote: >> >> Dave, >> Should the installer be the user "postgres"? I've installed both as >> "rik" (global domain) and "postgres" (local domain). Each time >> installation fails to write the "conf" file in /data. See below for >> answers to your questions. > > No - the postgres user is created by the installer so you can't use it > to run the installer on the first installation. It also doesn't have > any administrative permissions which are required. > >> - Is your computer on a domain? >> Yes >> - Is your user account a domain or local account? >> Domain account >> - Are you a local administrator, domain administrator or member of >> the power users group (or anything similar?) Local administrator and >> I added myself to power users. >> - Do you have permissions to write to each directory in the path >> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4\data ? >> Yes >> - Is this an NTFS filesystem? >> Yes > > So you have permission to write to those directories, but cacls fails > if you try to change the permissions on them. Weird. > > Magnus; any ideas on what could cause this? I must admit, my Windows > management-fu is somewhat rusty these days. > > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
