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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Karl Helmer <he...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on 2016/10/06 14:30:39 UTC
Couchdb 2.0 installation and couchdb user creation
HI,
I'm installing CouchDB 2.0 on a linux machine running Lubuntu 14.04.
The install went fine except for errors that seem to be related to the
creation of the couchdb user. The installation instructions recommend:
adduser --system \
--no-create-home \
--shell /bin/bash \
--group --gecos \
"CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
but then say to copy the /rel/couchdb directory into /home/couchdb - but
there isn't one since in the above adduser command the flag
--no-create-home was used. Right now the home directory for my couchdb
user was assigned to /var/lib/couchdb if I look into /etc/passwd.
What am I missing?
thanks,
Karl
--
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Athinoula A Martinos Center
for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
149 - 13th St Room 2301
Charlestown, MA 02129
(p) 617.726.8636
(f) 617.726.7422
helmer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
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Re: Couchdb 2.0 installation and couchdb user creation
Posted by Karl Helmer <he...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>.
Ah, thanks, that makes sense. Thanks for the help!
regards,
Karl
> Looks like a documentation bug. Remove the --no-create-home flag
> (after a deluser to delete the user) and try again. We previously
> installed CouchDB into /var/lib/couchdb but the new guideline is
> to run it from /home/couchdb.
>
> -Joan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Karl Helmer" <he...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>> To: user@couchdb.apache.org
>> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:30:39 AM
>> Subject: Couchdb 2.0 installation and couchdb user creation
>>
>> HI,
>>
>> I'm installing CouchDB 2.0 on a linux machine running Lubuntu
>> 14.04.
>> The install went fine except for errors that seem to be related to
>> the
>> creation of the couchdb user. The installation instructions
>> recommend:
>>
>> adduser --system \
>> --no-create-home \
>> --shell /bin/bash \
>> --group --gecos \
>> "CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
>>
>> but then say to copy the /rel/couchdb directory into /home/couchdb -
>> but
>> there isn't one since in the above adduser command the flag
>> --no-create-home was used. Right now the home directory for my
>> couchdb
>> user was assigned to /var/lib/couchdb if I look into /etc/passwd.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Karl
>>
>>
>> --
>> Karl Helmer, PhD
>> Athinoula A Martinos Center
>> for Biomedical Imaging
>> Massachusetts General Hospital
>> 149 - 13th St Room 2301
>> Charlestown, MA 02129
>> (p) 617.726.8636
>> (f) 617.726.7422
>> helmer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> whom it is
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>> you in error
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>> dispose of the e-mail.
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>>
>
>
>
--
Karl Helmer, PhD
Athinoula A Martinos Center
for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
149 - 13th St Room 2301
Charlestown, MA 02129
(p) 617.726.8636
(f) 617.726.7422
helmer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Re: Couchdb 2.0 installation and couchdb user creation
Posted by Joan Touzet <wo...@apache.org>.
Looks like a documentation bug. Remove the --no-create-home flag
(after a deluser to delete the user) and try again. We previously
installed CouchDB into /var/lib/couchdb but the new guideline is
to run it from /home/couchdb.
-Joan
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl Helmer" <he...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
> To: user@couchdb.apache.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:30:39 AM
> Subject: Couchdb 2.0 installation and couchdb user creation
>
> HI,
>
> I'm installing CouchDB 2.0 on a linux machine running Lubuntu
> 14.04.
> The install went fine except for errors that seem to be related to
> the
> creation of the couchdb user. The installation instructions
> recommend:
>
> adduser --system \
> --no-create-home \
> --shell /bin/bash \
> --group --gecos \
> "CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
>
> but then say to copy the /rel/couchdb directory into /home/couchdb -
> but
> there isn't one since in the above adduser command the flag
> --no-create-home was used. Right now the home directory for my
> couchdb
> user was assigned to /var/lib/couchdb if I look into /etc/passwd.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> thanks,
> Karl
>
>
> --
> Karl Helmer, PhD
> Athinoula A Martinos Center
> for Biomedical Imaging
> Massachusetts General Hospital
> 149 - 13th St Room 2301
> Charlestown, MA 02129
> (p) 617.726.8636
> (f) 617.726.7422
> helmer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>