Re: R: Re: postgres user password: Log on failure

On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 09:37 +0200, dario.ber@libero.it wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Thanks for taking time to reply.
> 
> - Despite what the error message says, the user postgres doesn't have 
> administrator privileges (and I don't see why these would change by retyping 
> the password).
> - In Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Manager -> Users -> 
> postgres I see that postgres is member of the 'Users' group and its password 
> never expires.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something obvious here...

 Have you checked if the 'postgres' user is allowed to "login as a
service" in local/group policy?

 The error about admin privileges may be masking the fact the postgres
user is trying to start a service, without the policy rights.

 Cheers,
 Dagan McGregor