The procedure below only works for Window OS but the same method should work for other operating systems. Start command-line: keyboard shortcut Windows+r then type cmd OK runas /user:postgres cmd You will need to enter postgres user’s password if you are not sure what the password is you should be able to change it through Computer Management […]
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Run the commandline as administrator. Steps: Type cmd on the search box, right click on the cmd icon and Run as administrator. Then copy and paste command below: REG ADD “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList” /v postgres /d 0 /t REG_DWORD /f original post here.
Usually the error log complains about not being able to read postgresql.conf. If you check postgres directory there is NO data folder created. In order to fix the problem you would need to follow this: Fix: This error is caused by the failure of initdb in creating a DB. It fails probably due to the […]