Thread: BUG #7601: Installation of PostGresql at c:\Progam files folder does not create right permission on data folder

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      7601
Logged by:          Deven
Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
Description:        =


We are installing our application which internally call
postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under c:\program
files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
Can you please share the log file, found under temp directory?

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Thanks & Regards,

Ashesh Vashi
EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>



*http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>



On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, <devenmthaker@gmail.com> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      7601
> Logged by:          Deven
> Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
> Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
> Description:
>
> We are installing our application which internally call
> postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under c:\program
> files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
> user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
> Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
>
>
>
> --
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Hang on... please see if you can reproduce with 9.0.10 first. There have
been numerous fixes to the permissions code in those 7 releases since 9.0.3.

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Ashesh Vashi <ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com
> wrote:

> Can you please share the log file, found under temp directory?
>
> --
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ashesh Vashi
> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>
>
>
> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, <devenmthaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Bug reference:      7601
>> Logged by:          Deven
>> Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
>> Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
>> Description:
>>
>> We are installing our application which internally call
>> postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under c:\program
>> files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
>> user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
>> Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org)
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>


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Hi Dave,Ashesh
Thanks for your prompt response.  Since Dave suggested to upgrade version
from 9.0.3 to 9.0.10. We will do that. One question is, it was very
difficult for us to reproduce an issue even in 9.0.3, after upgrading to
9.0.10 i am not sure whether i will be able to reproduce an issue.

But we can always try upgrading version to 9.0.10.

Regards
Deven

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Ashesh Vashi <ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com
> wrote:

> Hi Deven,
>
> As Dave suggested, are you able to reproduce this with the latest version
> of 9.0.10?
>
> --
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Ashesh Vashi
> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>
>
>
> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashesh,
>> Thanks for your quick response.
>>
>> Unfortunately this happened at customer place and we solved the issue by
>> providing rights to "everyone" on data folder. We could not take the log
>> from customer. I tried to reproduce couple of times in my environment but
>> could not. But according to my colleague they have faced similar issue many
>> times in our development environment also.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Deven
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Ashesh Vashi <
>> ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you please share the log file, found under temp directory?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>
>>> Ashesh Vashi
>>> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, <devenmthaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>>
>>>> Bug reference:      7601
>>>> Logged by:          Deven
>>>> Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
>>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
>>>> Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
>>>> Description:
>>>>
>>>> We are installing our application which internally call
>>>> postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under
>>>> c:\program
>>>> files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
>>>> user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
>>>> Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org)
>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Hi,

Since i am planning to move to 9.0.10. Can someone provide the change log
where it is mentioned that this issue is addressed.
I went to all feature details of each releases from 9.0.3 to 9.0.10 but i
did not find any details which states improvement with respect to fixing an
issue with permission problem on folder (data folder).

Regards
Deven

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Dave,Ashesh
> Thanks for your prompt response.  Since Dave suggested to upgrade version
> from 9.0.3 to 9.0.10. We will do that. One question is, it was very
> difficult for us to reproduce an issue even in 9.0.3, after upgrading to
> 9.0.10 i am not sure whether i will be able to reproduce an issue.
>
> But we can always try upgrading version to 9.0.10.
>
> Regards
> Deven
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Ashesh Vashi <
> ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Deven,
>>
>> As Dave suggested, are you able to reproduce this with the latest version
>> of 9.0.10?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>>
>> Ashesh Vashi
>> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ashesh,
>>> Thanks for your quick response.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately this happened at customer place and we solved the issue by
>>> providing rights to "everyone" on data folder. We could not take the log
>>> from customer. I tried to reproduce couple of times in my environment but
>>> could not. But according to my colleague they have faced similar issue many
>>> times in our development environment also.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Deven
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Ashesh Vashi <
>>> ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can you please share the log file, found under temp directory?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Ashesh Vashi
>>>> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, <devenmthaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>>>
>>>>> Bug reference:      7601
>>>>> Logged by:          Deven
>>>>> Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
>>>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
>>>>> Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
>>>>> Description:
>>>>>
>>>>> We are installing our application which internally call
>>>>> postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under
>>>>> c:\program
>>>>> files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
>>>>> user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
>>>>> Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org)
>>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=edb-installers.git;a=log;h=refs/heads/REL-9_0

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since i am planning to move to 9.0.10. Can someone provide the change log
> where it is mentioned that this issue is addressed.
> I went to all feature details of each releases from 9.0.3 to 9.0.10 but i
> did not find any details which states improvement with respect to fixing an
> issue with permission problem on folder (data folder).
>
> Regards
> Deven
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,Ashesh
>> Thanks for your prompt response.  Since Dave suggested to upgrade version
>> from 9.0.3 to 9.0.10. We will do that. One question is, it was very
>> difficult for us to reproduce an issue even in 9.0.3, after upgrading to
>> 9.0.10 i am not sure whether i will be able to reproduce an issue.
>>
>> But we can always try upgrading version to 9.0.10.
>>
>> Regards
>> Deven
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Ashesh Vashi <
>> ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Deven,
>>>
>>> As Dave suggested, are you able to reproduce this with the latest
>>> version of 9.0.10?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>
>>> Ashesh Vashi
>>> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Deven Thaker <devenmthaker@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ashesh,
>>>> Thanks for your quick response.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately this happened at customer place and we solved the issue
>>>> by providing rights to "everyone" on data folder. We could not take the log
>>>> from customer. I tried to reproduce couple of times in my environment but
>>>> could not. But according to my colleague they have faced similar issue many
>>>> times in our development environment also.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Deven
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Ashesh Vashi <
>>>> ashesh.vashi@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can you please share the log file, found under temp directory?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashesh Vashi
>>>>> EnterpriseDB INDIA: Enterprise PostgreSQL Company<http://www.enterprisedb.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi*<http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, <devenmthaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bug reference:      7601
>>>>>> Logged by:          Deven
>>>>>> Email address:      devenmthaker@gmail.com
>>>>>> PostgreSQL version: 9.0.3
>>>>>> Operating system:   Windows 2008 R2 WITH SP1 (64 BITS)
>>>>>> Description:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are installing our application which internally call
>>>>>> postgresql-9.0.3-2-windows_x64.exe to install postgresql under
>>>>>> c:\program
>>>>>> files folder. But initialization of datbase failed with log that
>>>>>> user(administrator) does not have enough permission on data folder.
>>>>>> Can anyone help me out to address this issue?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org)
>>>>>> To make changes to your subscription:
>>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company