Re: Error when installing PostgreSQL 16.3.2 under system context NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thakkar@enterprisedb.com>

From: Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thakkar@enterprisedb.com>
To: Harald.Munsch@it.nrw.de
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org, Claudia.Siepmann@it.nrw.de
Date: 2024-07-08T11:35:06Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Hi Harald,

Could you execute these commands and share the output in the SYSTEM-context?

whoami
> icacls %TEMP%



On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 3:41 PM <Harald.Munsch@it.nrw.de> wrote:

> Hello,
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> when installing PostgreSQL version 16.3.2 on a windows 10 client with the
> setup: „postgresql-16.3-2-windows-x64.exe“ via SCCM, i.e. in
> SYSTEM-context, the installation failes with following error-message:
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> (The error occures directly after starting the installation.)
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> *„There has been an error. Unable to write inside TEMP environment path“*
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> Even though the system-account has full permissions to this path.
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> An Installation with an  Administrative account (not NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM )
> on the same client runs succesfully.
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> We want to deploy the software with SCCM, therefore, we need to use the
> SYSTEM-account.
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> Can you please provide us with a setup that works in SYSTEM-context ?
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> Thank you for your support.
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> Kind regards
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
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> Harald Munsch
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Sandeep Thakkar