Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread KOTa
yes, many other programs. although none of them needed to create an account On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/17/2012 03:29 AM, KOTa wrote: so nobody can help? :( If I followed correctly the problem is: 1) You are on Windows 7 Home 2) You

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread KOTa
update. managed to run it via command prompt postgres_install.exe --serviceaccount postgres it did start. it still asks for a password, but because i could not create any password for this user and installation does not accept empty password, i am still stuck On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:27 AM,

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread KOTa
thank, this is a good idea. 1. i created account postgres 2. i tried to create a password for it, but got the same error message 3. i tried to run postgres installation with --serviceaccount option, but can't figure out a way to do it in win 7. (i tried to do it as i did in win XP - from command

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 18 July 2012 10:33, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: update. managed to run it via command prompt postgres_install.exe --serviceaccount postgres it did start. it still asks for a password, but because i could not create any password for this user and installation does not accept empty

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread Craig Ringer
On 07/18/2012 10:13 PM, Alban Hertroys wrote: On 18 July 2012 10:33, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: update. managed to run it via command prompt postgres_install.exe --serviceaccount postgres it did start. it still asks for a password, but because i could not create any password for this user

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-18 Thread KOTa
thanks! that solved a problem. i used my own account. but it does not seem to be a limitation in number of accounts. because i can create new account, but without password. the problem comes out when i try to add password to it. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Alban Hertroys haram...@gmail.com

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-17 Thread KOTa
so nobody can help? :( On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:56 AM, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: there is no log, only thing which is left after failed installation attempt is %TEMP%\postgresql_installer\ with following files: http://gyazo.com/01c378f7c55c876f937ca3798b255d37.png?1342165847 On Fri,

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-17 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 07/17/2012 03:29 AM, KOTa wrote: so nobody can help? :( If I followed correctly the problem is: 1) You are on Windows 7 Home 2) You have an admin account and Guest account. 3) You are using the One-Click Installer 4) Using either account the install fails when it asks for the superuser

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-17 Thread Sachin Srivastava
You can use an already existing account by specifying --serviceaccount CLI option. So you can: i) Create a new account and then use it. ii) Use an already existing account. See if this helps. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 11:07 AM, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: yes, many other programs.

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-13 Thread Sachin Srivastava
Could you see anything wrong in the installation log? (%TEMP%\install-postgresql.log) On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:04 AM, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: postgres user does not exist yet, its a fresh new installation of windows 7 Home. New HP laptop. there is only my account (admin) and Guest

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-13 Thread KOTa
there is no log, only thing which is left after failed installation attempt is %TEMP%\postgresql_installer\ with following files: http://gyazo.com/01c378f7c55c876f937ca3798b255d37.png?1342165847 On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Sachin Srivastava sachin.srivast...@enterprisedb.com wrote: Could

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-12 Thread KOTa
postgres user does not exist yet, its a fresh new installation of windows 7 Home. New HP laptop. there is only my account (admin) and Guest i saw on internet someone had similar problem and this was resolved by removing HP protection tools tha was messing with policies, but i already removed it

[GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-11 Thread KOTa
Hi all, i am trying to install postgres on a new machine with win 7. i tried two different versions (9.0.4 and 9.1.4) and the problem is the same when i run installation it asks me to provide a password for superuser and service account, i tried to enter numerous options, including leaving it

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-11 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 11/07/2012 15:47, KOTa wrote: Hi all, i am trying to install postgres on a new machine with win 7. i tried two different versions (9.0.4 and 9.1.4) and the problem is the same when i run installation it asks me to provide a password for superuser and service account, i tried to

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-11 Thread KOTa
that is what i though, but i tried many different combinations for password, and at least 1 of them should satisfy policy requirements. also my windows user password, which is accepted by OS and thus satisfies the requirements resulted in same message i did try to see what policy is active, but i

Re: [GENERAL] installation problem with postgres password

2012-07-11 Thread raghu ram
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:35 AM, KOTa kota.a...@gmail.com wrote: that is what i though, but i tried many different combinations for password, and at least 1 of them should satisfy policy requirements. also my windows user password, which is accepted by OS and thus satisfies the requirements