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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Christian Noack <ch...@agile-methoden.de> on 2010/08/10 21:24:03 UTC
couchdb on OS X asks for user/password when using curl
Today I installed couchdb on OS X (Snow Leopard) via MacPorts. I started couchdb and can connect to via the web browser (http://127.0.0.1:5984/). I got the expected result:
"{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.0"}"
But when I try to connect via curl: " curl http://127.0.0.1:5984" curl asks me: "Enter host password for user 'myusername'". Why? I did not configure any authentication. What would the right user/pasword combination be?
Any hints?
Best regards,
Christian
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Re: couchdb on OS X asks for user/password when using curl
Posted by Noah Slater <ns...@apache.org>.
I would use telnet to examine the situation.
Fire up a console, and do something similar to this:
$ telnet 127.0.0.1 5984
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.1
Make sure to press enter twice when you're done with "GET / HTTP/1.1" and post back what you see.
On 16 Aug 2010, at 06:09, J Chris Anderson wrote:
>
> On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Christian Noack wrote:
>
>> Today I installed couchdb on OS X (Snow Leopard) via MacPorts. I started couchdb and can connect to via the web browser (http://127.0.0.1:5984/). I got the expected result:
>> "{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.0"}"
>>
>> But when I try to connect via curl: " curl http://127.0.0.1:5984" curl asks me: "Enter host password for user 'myusername'". Why? I did not configure any authentication. What would the right user/pasword combination be?
>>
>
> I've never seen this before. When you go to Futon, does the lower-right hand corner say you are in Admin Party? If so, this really shouldn't be happening and I'd start to investigate the curl side of the equation.
>
> Chris
>
>> Any hints?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Christian
>>
>> ---
>> agile methoden - consulting, coaching, training
>> Christian Noack
>> www.agile-methoden.de
>> Krückenweg 51, 44227 Dortmund
>> +49 231 108722732
>>
>
Re: couchdb on OS X asks for user/password when using curl
Posted by J Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Aug 10, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Christian Noack wrote:
> Today I installed couchdb on OS X (Snow Leopard) via MacPorts. I started couchdb and can connect to via the web browser (http://127.0.0.1:5984/). I got the expected result:
> "{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.0"}"
>
> But when I try to connect via curl: " curl http://127.0.0.1:5984" curl asks me: "Enter host password for user 'myusername'". Why? I did not configure any authentication. What would the right user/pasword combination be?
>
I've never seen this before. When you go to Futon, does the lower-right hand corner say you are in Admin Party? If so, this really shouldn't be happening and I'd start to investigate the curl side of the equation.
Chris
> Any hints?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christian
>
> ---
> agile methoden - consulting, coaching, training
> Christian Noack
> www.agile-methoden.de
> Krückenweg 51, 44227 Dortmund
> +49 231 108722732
>
Re: couchdb on OS X asks for user/password when using curl
Posted by Bruno Rohée <do...@gmail.com>.
$ curl -u myusername http://anonexistenthost:5984
Enter host password for user 'myusername':
Curl ask for a password before even opening the connection, so my best
guess is that your .curlrc specifies a username for some reasons.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Christian Noack
<ch...@agile-methoden.de> wrote:
> Today I installed couchdb on OS X (Snow Leopard) via MacPorts. I started couchdb and can connect to via the web browser (http://127.0.0.1:5984/). I got the expected result:
> "{"couchdb":"Welcome","version":"1.0.0"}"
>
> But when I try to connect via curl: " curl http://127.0.0.1:5984" curl asks me: "Enter host password for user 'myusername'". Why? I did not configure any authentication. What would the right user/pasword combination be?
>
> Any hints?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christian
>
> ---
> agile methoden - consulting, coaching, training
> Christian Noack
> www.agile-methoden.de
> Krückenweg 51, 44227 Dortmund
> +49 231 108722732
>
>