I was able to login as admin all the time. I needed to change the admin passwd. It was all due to a break-in at a third-party site where a hacker had stolen the passwds. Since I was using the same passwd it needed changing.
I thought it better not to mention that until I had changed it :-) Thanks for all the help, Marcus On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Gabor Ratky <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, if you were able to go to Configuration, you were essentially in Admin > Party mode, no? In that case, there is a 'Set up admin use' link in the > bottom right corner in Futon that does the same. > > I would've expected that you're not able to edit Configuration unless you're > logged in as admin. > > Glad to hear that it did solve your problem! > > Gabor > > On Monday, May 30, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Wordit wrote: > >> Thanks Gabor, we did find out how to do this with Futon. Jason >> explained how it's done, but it's *not* specific to IrisCouch. Works >> on any Couch. >> >> Goto Configuration in Futon, then click "Add new section" and enter >> into the dialog: >> >> section = admins; option = admin; value = the new password >> >> Futon will either add an additional admin user or overwrite the >> existing password if the user exists. >> >> HTH anyone else in the same predicament, >> >> Marcus >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Gabor Ratky <[email protected] >> (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: >> > There must be a way to manage this in the CouchOne / IrisCouch interface. >> > Unfortunately I have no clue where exactly it is. Ask them, if you can't >> > find it. >> > >> > On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Wordit wrote: >> > >> > > Thanks Gabor, >> > > >> > > The DB is hosted on CouchOne/Couchbase so I cannot access the file >> > > system. Do you mean I can delete the admin user in Futon's config >> > > section, then recreate it? >> > > >> > > The DB is in use for a web app so I don't want to disrupt it except >> > > for a minute or so. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > >> > > Marcus >> > > >> > > >> > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Gabor Ratky <[email protected] >> > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: >> > > > Edit the [admins] section of local.ini (usually at >> > > > /usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini but depends on where you have couchdb >> > > > installed). You can just have "username = password" in plain text, >> > > > CouchDB will take care of hashing the password afterwards. Also, if >> > > > you delete all admin rows, you are back to admin party and you can set >> > > > up a shiny new admin user using Futon. >> > > > >> > > > Gabor >> > > > >> > > > On Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Wordit wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > Is there a way to change an admin password in Futon? (Only one admin >> > > > > user so far) >> > > > > >> > > > > What's the simplest way otherwise? >> > > > > >> > > > > Thanks, >> > > > > >> > > > > Marcus > >
