Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 77714 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2009 22:30:23 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 2 Aug 2009 22:30:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 12055 invoked by uid 500); 2 Aug 2009 22:30:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 11975 invoked by uid 500); 2 Aug 2009 22:30:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 11965 invoked by uid 99); 2 Aug 2009 22:30:27 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:30:27 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.111.4.25] (HELO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com) (66.111.4.25) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:30:15 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CAD93BCD49; Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:29:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:29:54 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: ZkC55TdXw7QaFbcgyvKXgIh5de+W0cuNUPrLxe75HoYN 1249252178 Received: from NitinBorwankarsComputer.local (c-71-202-180-50.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.202.180.50]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 39ABC1DBDA for ; Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:29:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A761361.9010600@borwankar.com> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:29:53 -0700 From: Nitin Borwankar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Macintosh/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: user@couchdb.apache.org Subject: Re: I =?windows-1252?Q?can=92t_relax=2E_I_broke_my_cou?= =?windows-1252?Q?ch_upgrading_dependencies=2E_What_might_this_?= =?windows-1252?Q?error_mean=3F?= References: <20090802191815.GB5103@tumbolia.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Oliver Boermans wrote: > 2009/8/3 Noah Slater : > >> Check what the home directory of the couchdb user is: >> >> * Does it exist? >> > > Yes > > >> * Does the couchdb user have permission? >> > > I suspect not. Although I have run: > sudo chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb > should it be couchdb.couchdb rather than ':' ? I usually use "." as the separator in this command line Nitin > To set it up initially I followed the "Creating a couchdb System > Account" instructions here: > http://blog.deadinkvinyl.com/2008/07/12/couchdb-on-macosx-leopard/ > > This worked at the time. I guess now that I have upgraded I have lost > something along the way. The user still appears in my startup screen, > but perhaps something of it has become unstuck. >