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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Pawe=C5=82_Stawicki?= <pawelstawicki@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:42:26 +0200
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Subject: Re: Lost access to configuration
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I would also ask where is security object? The one that is in database
and can restrict access to it for readers and admins. Can one get it
by http and not only by futon?

Best regards
--
Pawe=C5=82 Stawicki
http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com
http://szczecin.jug.pl


On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 21:38, Pawe=C5=82 Stawicki <pawelstawicki@gmail.com=
> wrote:
> Ok, this works after I set require_valid_user =3D false in
> /etc/couchdb/local.ini. But what if I want this option to be turned
> on? When it's on, I can't even see "Login" link. Seems like it's also
> restricted. I am getting 3 error messages:
>
> "An error occurred retrieving/updating the server configuration:
> Authentication required."
> "Server information could not be retrieved: Authentication required."
> "An error occurred getting session info: Authentication required."
>
> And even with require_valid_user =3D false, how can I login outside of
> futon? E.g. if I want to operate on database via HTTP by curl?
>
> I also want to ask where user's password is kept? I created more
> admins by clicking "Setup more admins" next to login link in futon.
> Let's call created user "sam". Then I went to
> http://localhost:5984/_users/org.couchdb.user:sam and there is no
> "password_sha1" field, nor "salt" field.
>
> Best regards
> --
> Pawe=C5=82 Stawicki
> http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com
> http://szczecin.jug.pl
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 23:06, J Chris Anderson <jchris@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Pawe=C5=82 Stawicki wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Recently I was playing with authentication settings, and now I lost
>>> access to configuration of my server :( I can't login as server admin.
>>> My system is ubuntu 10.04, and I use couchdb 0.11.
>>>
>>> In /etc/couchdb/local.ini I set in [admin] section:
>>> joe =3D joe
>>>
>>> and restarted database. In my browser I go to:
>>> http://joe:joe@localhost:5984/_utils/database.html?_config
>>>
>>> But then I get message "You are not a server admin".
>>>
>>> How can I log in as server admin?
>>>
>>
>> in the lower right hand corner of http://localhost:5984/_utils/ should b=
e a Login link. try the joe credentials there.
>>
>>> Best regards
>>> --
>>> Pawe=C5=82 Stawicki
>>> http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com
>>> http://szczecin.jug.pl
>>
>>
>