Re: Installation on Windows 2003 fails - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Thomas Bednarz
Subject Re: Installation on Windows 2003 fails
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Msg-id 4AC905A4.1080402@bednarz.ch
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In response to Re: Installation on Windows 2003 fails  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Installation on Windows 2003 fails  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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No specific error message, just that the initdb failed and the
installation may not be completed completely. No services are installed
in the service control manager. The account has full access in both the
datadirectory and the program files directory.

Tom

Thomas Kellerer schrieb:
> Thomas Bednarz wrote on 04.10.2009 21:23:
>> I tried to install the latest pre-built package on a Windows 2003
>> server (64-bit). It failed always when doing the initdb.
>
> And the error message is?
>
> Does the user you use to run initdb have the approriate privileges to
> write to the data directory? That user is not necessarily the service
> account (which does not need nor should have administrator privileges)
>
> Thomas
>
>


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