On 6 Apr 2010, at 21:00, Heine Ferreira wrote: > Hi > > Last night i mailed a message about me not being able to install Postgresql > 8.4.3 successfully on windows 7 professional. > I have since temporary quitted my antivirus and firewall programs and I could > install successfull. > In the installation it askes you for a password which it uses for for the > service account and it also uses the same password to secure the database. > It keeps telling me that my password is wrong. I know what my password is > because I confirmed it. > It does this regardless of whether the anti virus and firewall are running or > not. > I checked and yes the postgres service is running.
Whether you need the password or not depends on your settings in pg_hba.conf. It's quite possible that you don't need the password if you're connecting from localhost. That said, I have no idea what settings PG comes with when installed on Windows. Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. !DSPAM:737,4bbbc65910411225214359! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
