svil, there is a validate_doc_update function in _users (_desing/_auth) which enforces that the _user doc have a field "name" and that this value is also in the _id.
So AFAIK, it looks as if its by design. On Mar 14, 2013, at 1:52 AM, svilen <[email protected]> wrote: > g'day > i was trying to create a new user without specifying name/id, but seems > cannot do it: > > $ curl -X POST http://server:5984/_users -H 'Content-Type: application/json' > -d '{"password":"mysecret", "type":"user", }' > > {"error":"forbidden","reason":"doc.name is required"} > > tried with name:null but same. > > is this possible or forbidden by design? > > svil
