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Install issue on Windows and directory permission

From
"Gevik babakhani"
Date:
<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Here I found an installation issue:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
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font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">- I was installing pg 8.1 on a Windows 2000 box. </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">- I chose a different folder than default (D:\PGSERVER did not exist yet)</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">- When installing, the setup complained about not being able to write into the
directory</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">- I check the directory permissions and saw that the “Everyone” group does not have “Modify”
permissions</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">- After setting the “Modify”  permission, the setup continued and finished okay.</span></font><p
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Re: Install issue on Windows and directory permission

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> Here I found an installation issue:
>
>
>
> - I was installing pg 8.1 on a Windows 2000 box.
>
> - I chose a different folder than default (D:\PGSERVER did
> not exist yet)
>
> - When installing, the setup complained about not being able
> to write into the directory
>
> - I check the directory permissions and saw that the
> "Everyone" group does not have "Modify" permissions
>
> - After setting the "Modify"  permission, the setup continued
> and finished okay.

Um, so what actually is the problem?

//Magnus

Re: Install issue on Windows and directory permission

From
"Gevik babakhani"
Date:
Just a point of attention... Perhaps one is interested to fix this (if it is
a bug);

> Um, so what actually is the problem?
> 
> //Magnus

Re: Install issue on Windows and directory permission

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
If you mean that you have to grant permissions, that's already in the
FAQ.

//Magnus

> Just a point of attention... Perhaps one is interested to fix
> this (if it is a bug);
>
> > Um, so what actually is the problem?
> >
> > //Magnus
>
>
>