dlivesay@covad.net wrote:
> 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.
Don't install as an adminstrator :), that is the long and short of it.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks!
>
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