Re: BUG #3416: User 'postgres' could not be created: access Denied - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Dave Page
Subject Re: BUG #3416: User 'postgres' could not be created: access Denied
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Msg-id 468274FC.6030802@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: BUG #3416: User 'postgres' could not be created: access Denied  ("Hiroshi Saito" <z-saito@guitar.ocn.ne.jp>)
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Hiroshi Saito wrote:
> Hi.
>
> From: "Shelby Cain"
>
>> Hiroshi,
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to start an elevated command prompt (right-click
>> command prompt -> run as admin) and run the installer directly from
>> the command line instead of disabling UAC?  Does that not work?
>
> Ahh yes.:-)
> ex.)
> runas /user:administrator "cmd.exe"
>
> However, Probably, HOME EDITION will be slightly complicated...


This is going to become my new pet-peeve isn't it? :-)

The Administrator account is disabled by default in new installs of
Vista (upgrades can be different), so this method most likely won't work!!

For those that require evidence, from
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/27/windowsvistasecurity_.aspx


"The built-in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows
Vista on new installations."

Or Google for "vista administrator disabled" and look at any of the
hundreds of relevant hits.

Regards, Dave.

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