svilen,
I don't think that's considered a bug, though. Admins can delete
users, users can't delete themselves. We can certainly debate that,
but I think our position is that this is intentional.
I'm also backporting the configure.ac fix as it makes it hard to run my tests.
B.
On 23 April 2013 14:19, svilen <a...@svilendobrev.com> wrote:
> the one of user unable to DELETE itself, from the other day..
> don't know if it has been fixed or not.
>
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:23 +0100
> Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> Any other bugs while we're at it. I'll be sending out a formal request
>> tonight for people to do merges. But may as well mention it now.
>>
>>
>> On 23 April 2013 14:11, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> > good thought.
>> >
>> > On 23 April 2013 14:07, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > > Can we put this into one or more of the bugfixes branches?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 23 April 2013 14:02, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I believe the fix for this is 5d4ef930 which is on master (which
>> > >> will be 1.4) only.
>> > >>
>> > >> specifically;
>> > >>
>> > >> - [Name, Pass] = re:split(NamePass, ":", [{return,
>> > >> list}]),
>> > >> + [Name, Pass] = re:split(NamePass, ":", [{return, list},
>> > >> {parts, 2}]),
>> > >>
>> > >> B.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On 23 April 2013 13:59, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote:
>> > >> > Ah, that's a great distinction, rings a bell!
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On 23 April 2013 13:39, Dave Cottlehuber <d...@jsonified.com>
>> > >> > wrote:
>> > >> >> On 23 April 2013 13:15, svilen <a...@svilendobrev.com> wrote:
>> > >> >>> g'day
>> > >> >>>
>> > >> >>> i am trying to set a user with a password that is not just
>> > >> alphanumeric.
>> > >> >>> e.g. "b:@" (or if uri-encoded, b%3A%40)
>> > >> >>>
>> > >> >>> but the result of getting the /_users/ doc is always
>> > 401-unauthorized.
>> > >> >>>
>> > >> >>> if i login in Futon, it seems to work.
>> > >> >>> when i compute the pasword_sha myself and compare to whats in
>> > user/doc,
>> > >> >>> it matches.
>> > >> >>>
>> > >> >>> but http via basic authentication won't let me in.
>> > >> >>> e.g.
>> > >> >>> curl -vX GET
>> > >> >>> http://auser:b%3A%40@server:5984/_users/org.couchdb.user%3Aauser
>> > >> >>>
>> > >> >>> (seems the subject is very tricky and rarely paid attention
>> > >> >>> to in various http libraries i looked recently. Everyone
>> > >> >>> just lumps the usr+":"+psw and uri-encoding/decoding is left
>> > >> >>> out..)
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Hi Svilen,
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> From curl, you can:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> curl -vX GET $COUCH -u tricky:p@sswd
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> and leaving off the password field allows you to enter it
>> > >> >> manually or even echo ':p@sswd' | curl …
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> or if you're POSTing I think you can also use this:
>> > >> >> http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#--data-urlencode
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> curl -d name=john --data-urlencode passwd=@31&3*J
>> > >> https://www.mysite.com
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Anyway AFAICT there's a bug in CouchDB if the password starts
>> > >> >> with a
>> > `:`
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> $COUCH=http://admin:pwd@localhost:5984
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> curl -HContent-Type:application/json \
>> > >> >> -vXPUT $COUCH/_users/org.couchdb.user:mrtricky \
>> > >> >> --data-binary '{"_id": "org.couchdb.user:mrtricky","name":
>> > >> >> "mrtricky","roles": [],"type": "user","password": ":pwd"}'
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I would expect that I can subsequently use either curl or
>> > >> >> httpie.org
>> > ,
>> > >> >> neither of them succeed with -u mrtricky::pwd or -u mrtricky &
>> > getting
>> > >> >> password from terminal.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> A+
>> > >> >> Dave
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > NS
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> NS
