[postgis-users] Bug in postgis installation on WinServer2008-64bit‏

[john lace]

Hi, I just found a problem with the Postgis 1.5 installation on a 
Windows Server 2008  64 bit platform,

 

When I installed postgres, it requested a more "secure" password for 
user 'postgres', maybe because this is a policy on WinServer2008, and I used a 
combination of special chars, something like 'my00%$password&'

 

Postgres accepted it very well, but the installation of postgis 
didn't.   Not postgis 1.4, nor 1.5, not on postgres 8.3, 8.3.7, 8.4.3.  
 I kept installing different options and watching them fail.

 

The postgis installation kept failing, with an error 'password is 
incorrect for user postgres', even when I edited pg_hba.conf to make it 
trust 127.0.0.1

 

The problem got worse, because when the postgis installation failed, 
some process was left behind, and next installation could fail on a 
different part of the installation.

 

Workaround?  I added another postgres user, as a superuser, granted 
everything.  I didn't give this user special chars in the password,  and
 I installed postgis with this user.

 

It worked flawlesly.   End of the problem.

 

 

 

I'm writing just to let you know, in case it helps someone else or 
someone can upload it to the bug list to get corrected.   If a password 
is accepted on postgres, should be accepted on a postgis installation.

 

Best regards.

 

John Lace 
 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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