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 4451F10E89 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:46:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 61876 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2013 18:45:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 61829 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2013 18:45:58 -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 61821 invoked by uid 99); 29 Jul 2013 18:45:58 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:45:58 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of yoursurrogategod@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.180 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.180] (HELO mail-we0-f180.google.com) (74.125.82.180) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:45:52 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id p61so4161267wes.11 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:45:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=BEau2AMAbgiEkS/8FqaNt9oyyrvvHIeIJuZQ7NfRegI=; b=oB/i2SVnLKCbfbnSjQQ+XY2MrEG0rwlj6AE/tNAkIoMylg6lp5GWotHPegOje1MOX9 CWuMv/Ae3fqm4ke4wIzVII42OTen9xhgR4XM27/XDBBNle8Zz/ZCKMquJ/oviIJp2LQB cqrFYZjKgr2ZORBB5zN8mpS78DxXgWH8zjWqhT0ziQlXppSCH9UBNqrbVOosvNBV534h S8beTJ8OpcA/7QUY8r+c+4Ic6FPWY7XlZ/8TnO4KMAIHjeo/paPAYu5CC1PDibP16lZ7 +ppJa3GiIntq0Yn4vTjOsEHPS4Mh5jtK7bwSmve103BuaYXAqmswmVs/LjfUeAMnKfTW 1hgA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.88.234 with SMTP id bj10mr6181443wib.42.1375123532010; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:45:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.78.241 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:45:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:45:31 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to enter admin password? From: "Yves S. Garret" To: user@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04428b86a5db9f04e2aae522 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --f46d04428b86a5db9f04e2aae522 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 But what about through the web interface? On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Robert Newson wrote: > 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? > --f46d04428b86a5db9f04e2aae522--