Обсуждение: BUG #4668: Windows installer package

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      4668
Logged by:          Prachi
Email address:      prachiar2@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.0
Operating system:   Windows XP
Description:        Windows installer package
Details:

I had installed Postgres 8.0 on Windows XP but due to some promblem I
uninstalled it.

Now I am trying to install it again using the same setup i.e.
postgresql-8.0.msi but it is giving error as

invalid username specified: logon failure: unknown username or bad
password.

Please help me to solve this bug as it is urgent for me to work on postgres.

Prachi,

the current Version of PostgreSQL is 8.3.x; you should use that.

To solve the problem with "> invalid username specified: logon
failure: unknown username or bad password.", change the password of
the postgres-user in windows to something you know and specify that
password.

You can do this via control panel, administration, computer, users and grou=
ps.

Best wishes,

Harald


On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 19:07, Prachi <prachiar2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      4668
> Logged by:          Prachi
> Email address:      prachiar2@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0
> Operating system:   Windows XP
> Description:        Windows installer package
> Details:
>
> I had installed Postgres 8.0 on Windows XP but due to some promblem I
> uninstalled it.
>
> Now I am trying to install it again using the same setup i.e.
> postgresql-8.0.msi but it is giving error as
>
> invalid username specified: logon failure: unknown username or bad
> password.
>
> Please help me to solve this bug as it is urgent for me to work on postgr=
es.
>
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Harald Armin Massa wrote:
> Prachi,
>
> the current Version of PostgreSQL is 8.3.x; you should use that.
>
> To solve the problem with "> invalid username specified: logon
> failure: unknown username or bad password.", change the password of
> the postgres-user in windows to something you know and specify that
> password.
>
> You can do this via control panel, administration, computer, users and groups.
>


note, in some Home versions of Windows, you might not be able to get to
the Users and Groups computer management tool.
as an alternative, you can use the command line...

    NET USER postgres somenewpassword


then give this password to the postgres installer.   this is used as the
'service' password that the postgres service processes run as.   its not
used for logging onto postgres as a database user or anything else.