Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 13668 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2009 16:24:34 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Nov 2009 16:24:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 68272 invoked by uid 500); 11 Nov 2009 16:24:33 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 68218 invoked by uid 500); 11 Nov 2009 16:24:33 -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 68207 invoked by uid 99); 11 Nov 2009 16:24:33 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:24:33 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.218.218] (HELO mail-bw0-f218.google.com) (209.85.218.218) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:24:23 +0000 Received: by bwz10 with SMTP id 10so1245263bwz.35 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:24:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.24.83 with SMTP id u19mr1766532bkb.22.1257956643448; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:24:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown-00-26-08-ed-1d-a6.home (host86-165-40-10.range86-165.btcentralplus.com [86.165.40.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm2505078fkx.29.2009.11.11.08.24.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:24:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: /etc/init.d/couchdb stop never really stops the db Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1076) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes From: Noah Slater In-Reply-To: X-Noah: Awesome Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23:59 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <7FE28F14-3532-497A-BCA7-374B7292C7D0@tumbolia.org> References: <21bd5bb90911110307q55b595d6s5abe431be67f4a65@mail.gmail.com> <21bd5bb90911110357t26b5b1d9x1826884acb75e985@mail.gmail.com> <665A28D6-4DC9-412B-8862-27DDD0810C97@tumbolia.org> To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 11 Nov 2009, at 15:39, Robert Campbell wrote: > Apache CouchDB needs write permission on the STDOUT file: > couchdb.stdout If you don't specify a PID file on the command line, it tries to write it to the current directory. If the couchdb user doesn't have the permissions to do that, it will fail. Either specify the PID file via the command line, or change directory to one where the couchdb user has permission to write, which should be /var/lib/couchdb if memory serves.