Re: BUG #2182: Internal account lookup failure:

> > The following bug has been logged online:
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> > Bug reference:      2182
> > Logged by:          Anantha Prasad
> > Email address:      aprasad@fs.fed.us
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.1.2-1
> > Operating system:   Win2000 Prof
> > Description:        Internal account lookup failure:
> > Details:=20
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> > I had not installed PostGreSQL on this computer before.=20
> When I use the=20
> > installer, it gives the foll. message and rolls back the=20
> installation.
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> > "Internal account lookup failure: No mapping between=20
> account names and=20
> > security IDs was done."
> >=20
> > Tried with other user names etc. but cannot proceed.
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> No idea --- that isn't our error message.

Well, it is from pginstaller. It usually means that the SAM somehow lost
sync. This can happen in a domain environment, haven't seen it anywhere
else. It usually works if you just restart the installation process
having created the user account manually first.

//Magnus