Not able to install PostgreSQL on WIndows using and administrative user

["Michael Downey" <mdowney@xxxxxxxx>]

Good day,

 

I am attempting to install 8.2.3 on Windows. I cannot install using my DOMAIN user or a local user that are part of the local ADMINISTRATORS group. I can install if I specify a local user that is not part of an administrative group.

 

If I use an “admin” user, I see these errors:

 

1. A pop-up saying I do not have privileges to continue the install. This occurs at the point of the installer where it is granting permissions on the new files.
2. The pgerrm.log file has:

processed dir: C:\PostgreSQL\8.2

Access is denied.

3. The postgresql-8.2.log has (at the tail end):

=== Logging stopped: 2/12/2007  15:44:54 ===

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Note: 1: 1708

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1708

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 1709

MSI (c) (F8:A8) [15:44:54:455]: Product: PostgreSQL 8.2 -- Installation failed.

 

 

I found that if this local user was granted admin rights (part of an admin group) the same errors occur. My domain login also has admin privileges on this machine.

 

According to the Windows Install FAQ at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_windows.html#2.3, I should be able to use an administrative user.

 

“2.3) Why do I need a non-administrator account to run PostgreSQL under?

…

Note, that with the release of PostgreSQL 8.2, it is possible to run under a administrative account. PostgreSQL 8.2 and above are able to irrevocably give up administrative rights at startup thus ensuring the rest of the system remains secure in the extremely unlikely event that PostgreSQL becomes compromised.”

 

 

Thanks,

Michael