On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Kevin Grittner <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> wrote: > Dave Page wrote: > >> Probably the most common issue we see from Windows users of >> PostgreSQL is confusion over the passwords the installer asks for >> during installation and upgrade. > > Yeah, I think so. > >> Attached are some screenshots of the current installation and >> upgrade steps in question, and the password incorrect message box. >> The suggested new text for the steps that I've come up with is >> below. I'd welcome suggestions or improvements to help reduce >> pgsql-bugs traffic! > > Are they running the installation as a system administrator? If so, > rather than throwing up an error message and telling them to go use > other tools to reset the password, is it possible for the > administrator account to force a password change? If that is > possible, it seems like it would be a lot more friendly. If not, > perhaps the old postgres user could be renamed, and a new one created > with the password?
That might break another app running nuder that account. Such as a different version of PostgreSQL... But an option could be to create a different account to run it under, I guess... Leaving the old one where it is. I think that's better than renaming the old one, really. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
