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Re: postgres user - win32 installer


  • From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
  • To: "Luis Rodrigues" <luis(dot)rodrigues(at)linux-portugal(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: postgres user - win32 installer
  • Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:27:48 +0200
  • Message-id: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE475F86(at)algol(dot)sollentuna(dot)se>

> with pginstaller, when pass the creation of postgres he 
> creates postgres user.
> 
> if in the next step i cancel the installation, if i try to 
> install again we need to create another user in windows, 
> because when i cancel the installation the installer don't 
> delete the user that was created in the previous installation.
> 
> i think that  you  must delete postgres user when a 
> installation is canceled, or at least, ask to.

This is a known issue, and it was determined way too dangerous to go
removing accuonts on uninstall, since they may well be used for other
things.

It might be a good idea to explicitly inform the user about this when
the account is created, though.

//Magnus



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