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From: Jens Alfke <jens@couchbase.com>
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:41:38 -0800
Subject: Re: Conflicting password-storage info on the wiki
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On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Adam Kocoloski wrote:

> Heh.  No, they're still stored out in the open for anyone to see.  Only t=
he server admin passwords are stored in the .ini file.  Did you try creatin=
g a normal user?  As far as I know that documentation is still accurate.

Aha, I=92ve only got a single admin account on my server, that explains it.

I can create a normal user by just doing a PUT to _users, but can I create =
an admin account that way too? Or do I have to modify the config file to do=
 that?

=97Jens=