In response to dlivesay@covad.net:
> I've been using PostgreSQL on Mac OS X for a few years, but now I'm trying to
> install it on a WIndows computer so someone else can use it, and I'm getting
> the following error message when I try to advance beyond the "Service
> Configuration" screen in the installer:
>
> "Your local 'Administrators' group contains 'Authenticated Users'.
> This is a common configuration error that causes security issues. For this
> reason, Postgr"
>
> That's it. Apparently the whole error message doesn't fit in the error dialog,
> but there's no way to resize the window.
>
> Does anybody know what the rest of this message might be? Bonus points if you
> can explain what it means, and especially if you can explain what to do about
> it.
>
> I suspect this is more a WIndows problem than a PostgreSQL problem, but I'm
> afraid I don't know that much about Windows. I'm a Mac/Unix kind of guy, and I
> try to avoid using WIndows whenever possible because this kind of stuff always
> happens.
I don't know 100%, but it looks like the "authenticated users" group is a
member of the "administrators" group. This means that anyone who logs in
to the workstation is an administrator. It's a complete lack of security,
but it's also very common (in my experience) for Windows workstations.
I'm guessing that the PG installer is being anal and refusing to allow you
to install on such a poorly configured system, but that part I don't know.
My suggestion would be to fix the users/groups on the Windows system so there
is a special administrative user, then remove authenticated users from the
administrator group.
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Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com
