Thanks Brian 2009/8/10 Brian Candler <b.cand...@pobox.com>: > Sorry to question the obvious, but you *did* actually run
Bring on the obvious questions! Because what is obvious to you may not be so for me. > $ ./configure > $ make > $ sudo make install > > between those steps? Yeah, that is kind of obvious :) Yes. > And you did create 'couchdb' user and group? I did, it all worked until recently, although… > You don't > have two couchdb users or two couchdb groups in /etc/passwd or /etc/group ? No sign of couchdb in either file - should there be? There is definitely a couchdb user: it shows up in the Accounts preference pane and my log-in screen and as suggested by someone else to test: $ dscl . -read /Users/couchdb AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default AuthenticationAuthority: ;ShadowHash; ;Kerberosv5;;couc...@lkdc:SHA1.5623DDBBAD580A577D91C84EE144D8093E01056C;LKDC:SHA1.5623DDBBAD580A577D91C84EE144D8093E01056C; AuthenticationHint: other GeneratedUID: 8D05A7D0-3C98-451A-B2BC-64AE48FB0C34 NFSHomeDirectory: /usr/local/var/lib/couchdb Password: ******** PrimaryGroupID: 99 RealName: CouchDB Administrator RecordName: couchdb RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Users UniqueID: 99 UserShell: /bin/bash Please tell me if that looks in someway broken – if so, perhaps I should be deleting the user/group to start fresh… There was something weird with the password but I amended that without any change. Please ask the obvious questions. Ollie
