how to db.create() with a server admin

[wh...@aol.com]

I want a user to signup for a couchdb database on my web page
I am using couch.js functions to do this and I can create a new database on the server.

If there is no server admins it works fine. Or if I am logged in as server admin it works fine.
But if I am logged out of futon it will not allow the user to create a db.

How can I do the couch.js db.create() if it requires a server admin account to do so?
I don't want to send my credentials with the request like http://dan:whimsica@localhost:5984 because
then someone could read that from the javascript.

I don't understand how you are supposed to do this.
I also can't be logged in all the time.

How can this work if the login:pass have to be in the javascript?

Dan


 

 

Re: how to db.create() with a server admin

[Wout Mertens <wo...@gmail.com>]

You're trying to perform a privileged function as a normal user. You have two options:
1. Make all users admins
2. Create a cgi script on the server that verifies the parameters from the user and creates the db. 

Wout.

On 25 Aug 2010, at 03:48, whimsica@aol.com wrote:

> I want a user to signup for a couchdb database on my web page
> I am using couch.js functions to do this and I can create a new database on the server.
> 
> If there is no server admins it works fine. Or if I am logged in as server admin it works fine.
> But if I am logged out of futon it will not allow the user to create a db.
> 
> How can I do the couch.js db.create() if it requires a server admin account to do so?
> I don't want to send my credentials with the request like http://dan:whimsica@localhost:5984 because
> then someone could read that from the javascript.
> 
> I don't understand how you are supposed to do this.
> I also can't be logged in all the time.
> 
> How can this work if the login:pass have to be in the javascript?
> 
> Dan
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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