On Oct 15, 2012, at 13:35 , svilen <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> 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..
I agree. I committed http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=couchdb.git;a=commit;h=66529378 It should be in the upcoming 1.3.0 release. Cheers Jan -- > > 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 >>>> >>
