Magnus Hagander wrote: > Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> a friend of mine ran into a problem installing PostgreSQL 8.0.9 on a >> Windows XP Pro machine. Before anyone is asking: it has to be a 8.0.x >> version and we even tried to install 8.2 and it did not work. >> >> Ok, the problem is: after installing all the files the installer wants >> to init the db and fails with the following error: >> >> "Failed to create process for initdb: Anmeldung fehlgeschlagen: Dem >> Benutzer wurde der geforderte Anmeldetyp auf diesem Computer nicht >> erteilt." >> >> The german message means: "Login failed: a requested login >> type was not given to the user on this computer." >> Since the message was returned in german and the installer was >> started in english, the message is generated by windows. > > See the FAQ at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_windows.html#3.3 > (question 3.3).
I discussed this briefly with Robert on IM yesterday - he told me the account was installer created. Without a PC at the time I couldn't look into it further :-( Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
