Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 57AFF10B3D for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:55:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5188 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2013 17:55:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 4986 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2013 17:55:07 -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 4977 invoked by uid 99); 29 Jul 2013 17:55:07 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:55:07 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vb0-f51.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username rnewson, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:55:07 +0000 Received: by mail-vb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x16so1381171vbf.38 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=EqDlF/2TFZbSx7NSi7S1qMdXBM+R9Bg0g6HCnqbXYVs=; b=QssyBYx/gSyq0YU1VZbZc2NDTg2MmUBKcsnQtzShdRdAtWR2IoYZRD2ZdBaMdEjq95 MlSuFPpVwhgpcBiwzkgqtqyzlS+OwsOnJP8VQnvhmflIf+hTGmYHpaGQYofKKxjfSSq+ +sZt1Apvt1y/pcyJWj5aH8m0wNhScL2AllPzuHI0v0Tg03iprX44DUzXJZ40FAzlCPkf 7XpsrriLK83uKbS7S2yVlg8+z4JKZoOZ9cy18kVv4REqgti/BujxQeixhUWKR2oDCEkM mduOmSMyC+mUmWOXmo6OQJrOQ0+r89yjCiP9uk/yEdevMh+6I0hIJnfQt3zXYTecLIc+ MeNw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.237.208 with SMTP id kp16mr271989vcb.4.1375120505709; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.171.138 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:55:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:55:05 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to enter admin password? From: Robert Newson To: "user@couchdb.apache.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 you can authenticate with http basic auth or cookie (obtained from _session). http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/security.html B. On 29 July 2013 18:49, Yves S. Garret wrote: > I specified a password for my instance of couchdb for admin tasks. Now, > when I try to create a > new database, I can't. That's good. But, how should I enter that same > password in order to > continue with my work? Is there a way to becoming an admin for specific > tasks?