BUG #2611: 2 instalation probs: invalid directory and user account creation

Problem 1)

During installation I chose to install the software to

C:\PostgreSQL\8.1\

I have ActivePerl installed (5.8.7), and at the "Enable
procedural languages" step I selected both "PL/pgsql" and "PL/perl".

I got to the installing step, and everything was progressing
fine. Just before the "Installation complete" window, I
encountered a couple of error messages telling me that it
couldn't find certain perl related files at under C:\Program
Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\ or something similar.

We'll need the complete error message to help you with that.

Problem 2)

During the "Service Configuration" step of the installation,
I entered a non-existant account name (Web) and left the
account domain as is. I expected the installer to create an
account for me.

I believe an error must have occured when doing so. I can see
the account directory under

C:\Documents and Settings\Web\

However, when I log off windows, it doesn't appear on the log
on screen.
Furthermore, when I investigate "User Accounts" from the
control panel, it doesn't exist there either. I cannot
therefore log onto the account, nor delete the account. If I
try to create an account with the same name, it tells me that
one already exists.

Is this by any chance XP home?
Anyway, try runnin "net user" and see if it shows up there. It's
probably the GUI doing filtering.

//Magnus

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Problem 1)

During installation I chose to install the software to

C:\PostgreSQL\8.1\

I have ActivePerl installed (5.8.7), and at the "Enable

procedural

languages" step I selected both "PL/pgsql" and "PL/perl".

I got to the installing step, and everything was progressing

fine.

Just before the "Installation complete" window, I encountered a
couple of error messages telling me that it couldn't find

certain

perl related files at under C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\ or
something similar.

We'll need the complete error message to help you with that.

Is there a log file somewhere? I'd have to reinstall postgreSQL to
get the message, but I can't do that today.

Not unless you specifically enable installation logging.

However, when I log off windows, it doesn't appear on the log on
screen.
Furthermore, when I investigate "User Accounts" from the control
panel, it doesn't exist there either. I cannot therefore log

onto the

account, nor delete the account. If I try to create an account

with

the same name, it tells me that one already exists.

Is this by any chance XP home?
Anyway, try runnin "net user" and see if it shows up there. It's
probably the GUI doing filtering.

Yes. It is XP home.

I found that by signing into an administrator account and going to

Control Panel > User Accounts

selecting "Change the way users log on or off"

and un-checking "Use the Welcome screen", I am presented with a
classic logon prompt where I can enter the username and password of
the account created by the postgreSQL install and log on to that
account.

I guess that the fact the account + username doesn't appear on the
welcome screen is a security feature enabled by the postgreSQL
install, or something similar. Maybe the documentaion/FAQ could be
updated to mention this behaviour?

Not necessarily a security feature, but a convenience feature. Service
accounts are for services and not for logging on, so it's common
practice not to have them show up on the login screen.

//Magnus