The replicator is just a client, so if your validate_doc_update doesn't allow it to update, it won't be able to update.
That said, 401 means you failed to pass a valid user:pass combination. You failed to *authenticate*, though the standard description of 401 is notoriously misleading. B. On 20 Jun 2012, at 22:38, Pulkit Singhal wrote: > Thanks for pointing out that mis-type, I was indeed referring to > validate_doc_update. > And I'm familiar with the wiki links and the general instructions around it > as well. > Perhaps I should explain the motivation behind this question. > > When I attempt to replicate from CouchDB 1.2.0 to TouchDB (another flavor), > I receive: > error ( > 401, > "401 unauthorized" > ) > A little bit of trial and error showed that as long as I did NOT set > member-roles or member-names on the DB level security in futon ... > everything worked fine. > > So now have to wonder why this happens, why would db-member-level security > prevent an _admin from replicating? My 1st guess was that perhaps > validate_doc_update somehow now has a hand in replication as well so I just > wanted to check ... if that is not the root cause here then what could it > be? > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 20 June 2012 22:22, Pulkit Singhal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Does validate_doc_field method affect replication authN or authZ for >>> CouchDB 1.2.0? >> >> Hey Pulkit, >> >> I googled authN/Z and found authorisation and authentication. I checked >> the source and there's no validate_doc_field. >> >> A validate_doc_update function (VDU) is run on a single doc only, and >> has access to the proposed new doc as well as the current on-disk version, >> and the user context. >> >> So you can tell if the submitter of the update is authenticated or not, and >> you can use couchdb roles, or other custom javascript fields in your doc >> to decide to reject the docs or not. >> >> There's more info on both the wiki and the definitive guide on this too. >> >> A+ >> Dave >>
