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Alexander Harm commented on COUCHDB-1479:
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h4. Setup
# I installed CouchDB via brew:
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brew install couchdb
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# In local.ini living at
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/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/CouchDB/etc/couchdb/local.ini
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I added
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[couch_httpd_auth]
require_valid_user = true
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h4. Editing Config File Directly
# Edit local.ini living adding the following
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[httpd]
WWW-Authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# Starting CouchDB
# CouchDB lower-cased my entry to
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www-authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# CouchDB replies to failed auth requests to _session with the default header
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WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="server"
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h4. Editing via Futon
# Go to Futon > Tools > Configuration
# Add a new section
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section: httpd
option: WWW-Authenticate
value: Basic realm="App"
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# In Futon the entry is displayed correctly
# In local.ini the entry is displayed correctly as
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WWW-Authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# Restart CouchDB
# In local.ini the entry changed to
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www-authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# Same in Futon
h4. Editing Via API
# PUT to _config
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curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT
'http://user:[email protected]:5984/_config/httpd/WWW-Authenticate' -d '"Basic
realm=\"App\""'
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# In Futon the entry is displayed correctly
# In local.ini the entry is displayed correctly as
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WWW-Authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# Restart CouchDB
# In local.ini the entry changed to
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www-authenticate = Basic realm="App"
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# Same in Futon
Does that suffice or do you need more information?
> Futon config UI won't allow "WWW-Authenticate" option to be added (name is
> lowercased)
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> Key: COUCHDB-1479
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1479
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Futon
> Environment: Mac OS X
> Reporter: Jens Alfke
> Priority: Minor
>
> When using the config UI in futon to add a new option, via the "Add a new
> section..." link at the bottom of the page, the name of the option is
> lowercased when written to the .ini file. (For some reason the case is
> preserved when altering the runtime configuration, though, so the problem
> doesn't manifest itself until the next time the server is restarted.)
> This causes trouble when attempting to enable HTTP basic auth by adding a
> "WWW-Authenticate" option (value "Basic") to the [httpd] section. The actual
> data written to the .ini file is:
> [httpd]
> www-authenticate = Basic
> which is not recognized when the server loads its configuration on restart.
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