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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:35:47 +0200
From: Gregor Martynus <gregor@martynus.net>
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Subject: Re: deleting own user account
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Robert, I get a 200 when I GET the same path. When I'm signed in as "test" in futon and delete my own /_users doc, I get a 404 as well. Is that not the case for you?

I'm on couchDB 1.2, tested locally and on IrisCouch 

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Gregor Martynus


On Wednesday, 20. June 2012 at 18:45, Robert Newson wrote:

> 
> Do you get a 200 when you GET that same doc id? I suspect you get a 404. If so, check you have the right id, perhaps you need to escape some fields. Better, try deleting it from Futon which handles the escaping for you.
> 
> If you're deleting an admin user, then you need to modify your .ini files (preferably via /_config/admins) instead.
> 
> B.
> 
> On 20 Jun 2012, at 17:28, Gregor Martynus wrote:
> 
> > I'm quite sure that this worked before, but doesn't seem to work anymore. 
> > 
> > Let's say I have a user account "test" and am signed in as "test".
> > The _rev number of users/org.couchdb.user:test is '1-234'
> > 
> > Shouldn't I be able to delete my own account with
> > DELETE /users/org.couchdb.user:test?rev=1-234
> > ?
> > 
> > I get a 404 response, but am still signed in as test
> > 
> > The same happens when I try to PUT the document with _deleted: true ...
> > 
> > Any idea? 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Gregor
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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