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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by "Brizic Michael (Nokia-LC/Chicago)" <mi...@nokia.com> on 2012/10/09 14:36:38 UTC
Fedora 17 yum install fails to add couchdb user
Following these instructions http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Fedora17
I received an error when trying to add the couchdb user. The output was :
useradd: Can't get unique system UID (no more available UIDs)
useradd: can't create user
warning: user couchdb does not exist - using root
Thus, when I go to run couchdb, I cannot run it under the couchdb user as the Wiki suggests.
1. Does anyone know why this happened?
2. Can I still run couchdb without that user?
3. If not, can I add the user manually?
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RE: Fedora 17 yum install fails to add couchdb user
Posted by "Brizic Michael (Nokia-LC/Chicago)" <mi...@nokia.com>.
Shane,
Thanks for the response, this helps greatly!!
Regards,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: ext Shane McEwan [mailto:shane@actual-experience.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:46 AM
To: user@couchdb.apache.org
Subject: Re: Fedora 17 yum install fails to add couchdb user
On 09/10/12 21:45, Noah Slater wrote:
> "No more available UIDs" sounds... worrying. There is nothing special
> about the "couchdb" user, but it looks like you might have bigger
> problems. Are you able to create any other users? Are you trying as root?
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Brizic Michael (Nokia-LC/Chicago) <
> michael.brizic@nokia.com> wrote:
>
>> Following these instructions
>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Fedora17
>> I received an error when trying to add the couchdb user. The output was :
>>
>> useradd: Can't get unique system UID (no more available UIDs)
>> useradd: can't create user
>> warning: user couchdb does not exist - using root
The problem is that you've run out of system UIDs. By default system UIDs are allocated between the range of 100 and 999. If you already have users using all the UIDs between 100 and 999 then the adduser or useradd command will fail.
You have a few options:
1. Delete an existing user that has a UID between 100 and 999 and then reinstall CouchDB; or 2. Edit /etc/login.defs and change the SYS_UID_MAX setting to a larger number where you have free UIDs and reinstall CouchDB; or 3. Create the couchdb user manually as a normal account:
sudo adduser --quiet --home /var/lib/couchdb --no-create-home \
--shell /bin/bash --group --gecos "CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
Hope this helps!
Shane.
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Re: Fedora 17 yum install fails to add couchdb user
Posted by Shane McEwan <sh...@actual-experience.com>.
On 09/10/12 21:45, Noah Slater wrote:
> "No more available UIDs" sounds... worrying. There is nothing special about
> the "couchdb" user, but it looks like you might have bigger problems. Are
> you able to create any other users? Are you trying as root?
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Brizic Michael (Nokia-LC/Chicago) <
> michael.brizic@nokia.com> wrote:
>
>> Following these instructions
>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Fedora17
>> I received an error when trying to add the couchdb user. The output was :
>>
>> useradd: Can't get unique system UID (no more available UIDs)
>> useradd: can't create user
>> warning: user couchdb does not exist - using root
The problem is that you've run out of system UIDs. By default system
UIDs are allocated between the range of 100 and 999. If you already have
users using all the UIDs between 100 and 999 then the adduser or useradd
command will fail.
You have a few options:
1. Delete an existing user that has a UID between 100 and 999 and then
reinstall CouchDB; or
2. Edit /etc/login.defs and change the SYS_UID_MAX setting to a larger
number where you have free UIDs and reinstall CouchDB; or
3. Create the couchdb user manually as a normal account:
sudo adduser --quiet --home /var/lib/couchdb --no-create-home \
--shell /bin/bash --group --gecos "CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
Hope this helps!
Shane.
Re: Fedora 17 yum install fails to add couchdb user
Posted by Noah Slater <ns...@tumbolia.org>.
"No more available UIDs" sounds... worrying. There is nothing special about
the "couchdb" user, but it looks like you might have bigger problems. Are
you able to create any other users? Are you trying as root?
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Brizic Michael (Nokia-LC/Chicago) <
michael.brizic@nokia.com> wrote:
> Following these instructions
> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installing_on_Fedora17
> I received an error when trying to add the couchdb user. The output was :
>
> useradd: Can't get unique system UID (no more available UIDs)
> useradd: can't create user
> warning: user couchdb does not exist - using root
> Thus, when I go to run couchdb, I cannot run it under the couchdb user as
> the Wiki suggests.
>
>
> 1. Does anyone know why this happened?
>
> 2. Can I still run couchdb without that user?
>
> 3. If not, can I add the user manually?
>
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