Re: postgres user - win32 installer

"Magnus Hagander" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.win32
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> with pginstaller, when pass the creation of postgres he 
> creates postgres user.
> 
> if in the next step i cancel the installation, if i try to 
> install again we need to create another user in windows, 
> because when i cancel the installation the installer don't 
> delete the user that was created in the previous installation.
> 
> i think that  you  must delete postgres user when a 
> installation is canceled, or at least, ask to.

This is a known issue, and it was determined way too dangerous to go
removing accuonts on uninstall, since they may well be used for other
things.

It might be a good idea to explicitly inform the user about this when
the account is created, though.

//Magnus

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