> > i was playing with replacing users-db > > via /_config/couch_httpd_auth/authentication_db and an error in the > > request has left some messy name in the /etc/couchdb/local.ini - > > and that survives even reinstall > > Yeah, that is intentional, we don't want to override any > customisations when you upgrade. The installer just doesn’t copy over > a new local.ini when it sees an existing one. If you end up with a > bad config value, that persists. Uninstalling / deleting local.ini > prior to the reinstall would get you restarted cleanly.
that's fine. Though i didnt find anywhere that touching /_config would actualy rewrite local.ini. and it would be helpful if the wrong-name causing the trouble was printed in the error-log.. anyway, have fun svilen > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:00:36 +0200 > > Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> That sounds odd, which CouchDB version are you running? > >> > >> On Oct 15, 2012, at 12:49 , svilen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> hi > >>> the _users db is deleted on me filesystem. > >>> And now restarting couchdb fails > >>> with ..illegal_database_name, ensure_users_db_exists > >>> > >>> reinstalling didnt help.. > >>> any idea? > >>> > >>> svilen > >> >
