The build-couchdb project should include documentation on how to set up users and permissions. Perhaps you'd like to file an issue on Github?
The official instructions are here: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb/trunk/INSTALL.Unix On 15 Sep 2010, at 15:52, Kenneth Tyler wrote: > hello, > after installing on ubuntu 10.4 using build-couchdb > when i try to start couchdb as a daemon i get this error > administra...@pawpaw:~$ build-couchdb/build/etc/init.d/couchdb start > * Starting database server > couchdb chown: invalid user: > `couchdb' > Unknown id: couchdb > > it looks like there is a user folder "couchdb" in the var directory... so > i'm unsure how to make that a "valid user" > > thanks > > ken tyler
