Re: New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to create - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Sounds like you will have to manually create the postgres user account
before running the install again then.

Mike
On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 00:31, Chris Means wrote:
> I tried, but I got an error message that indicated that that user id
> (postgres) has a policy that prohibits an interactive logon/session.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
> > [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Mike G
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:16 AM
> > To: Chris Means
> > Cc: 'Mike G'; pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] New installation of 8.0 Beta1 Failed to
> > create process for initdb: 1385
> >
> > CAn you log off and log back into windows under the postgres account?
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:17:42AM -0500, Chris Means wrote:
> > > Like I said, the "postgres" user id is there.
> > >
> > > If that doesn't mean it was created "successfully", what
> > would I look
> > > for to know for sure?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mike G [mailto:mike@thegodshalls.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:07 AM
> > > > To: Chris Means
> > > > Cc: 'Mike G'; pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] New installation of 8.0 Beta1
> > Failed to create
> > > > process for initdb: 1385
> > > >
> > > > Ok,
> > > >
> > > > Did the installation successfully create the user account
> > postgres?
> > > >
> > > > That is the account that initdb runs under.  Not sure if it
> > > > automatically deletes it if the install fails.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 11:58:17PM -0500, Chris Means wrote:
> > > > > Mike,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the response:
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org
> > > > > > [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Mike G
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:31 PM
> > > > > > To: Chris Means
> > > > > > Cc: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [NOVICE] New installation of 8.0 Beta1
> > > > Failed to create
> > > > > > process for initdb: 1385
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [snip]
> > > > > > > Any ideas what's wrong?
> > > > > > Make sure you have administrative rights and not just a
> > > > power user.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm confident that I have administrative rights, but to be
> > > > sure that
> > > > > that wasn't the issue, I logged in as the Administrator,
> > > > and received
> > > > > exactly the same error.
> > > > >
> > > > > FYI:  The "NT Service" userid "postgres" wasn't removed
> > during the
> > > > > rollback, so future installs failed early until I removed
> > > > the previous
> > > > > configured user id.
> > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Are there log files anywhere for me to look at?
> > > > > > Check the event viewer in windows.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nothing additional there, just the same error message.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Chris
> > > >
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