BUG #2934: INSTALL FAILURE - failed to set permissions on the installed files

inifinity wrote:

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2934
Logged by: inifinity
Email address: priyatam@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.2
Operating system: Windows XP
Description: INSTALL FAILURE - failed to set permissions on the
installed files
Details:

I've been trying to install this from past two days and all I can see is a
an error message towards the end of installation and a log file which I
cannot acccess in my default C:\program files\postrgresql\8.2

the error says to check a log file perm.log but I cannot browse or delete
the *\8.2 folder. says access denied.

I have a admin user account and Im 100% sure I have given the right
username/pwd in the first page of the installation with 'postgresql' as a
superuser (and a diff pwd).

Tried searching all forums but no result.

I just hope someone sees this message and comes up with a solution rather
than ask my cryptic questions in return

What are the permissions on the directory c:\program files, and what are
the permissions on the postgresql directory that you cannot browse?

//Magnus

Priyatam wrote:

I solved it by creating a new user 'postgresql' with admin privileges
before the setup began and it works fine. However Im disp to see that
this doesnt work for an existing windows user with admin privileges.

It does for me. I do that all the time, and I've never had the problem.

Your questions are invalid as in windows a user with admin privileges
will have access to all folders.

That is simply false. There are several ways for a user with admin
privileges not to have access to a local folder on Windows. Read up on
NTFS ACLs and you'll find it.
There are also several cases where Windows will report access denied for
errors that *are not related to permissions*.

You guys should do a better job of creating a user friendly installation
package

We're trying. That's why I asked you those questions. Without feedback,
we can't make it better, because it works fine in all "normal"
situations for thousands of other people. We want to know *why* it
didn't work in your case, so we can fix it or at least document it.

//Magnus