Going back to admin party

Question

I would like to bring my CouchDB instance back to admin party. It is running on localhost, so it is not a security concern. I don't want to reinstall it because I have some databases up and running I'd like to keep.

I tried commenting out the admin user in my local.ini:

[admins]
#admin = -hashed-xxxxxx

I also deleted all the non-design documents from my _users database.

The main goal I have for wanting to go back to the admin party is to be able to create databases without authentication.

What can I do to go back to the admin party? Alternatively how can I setup my instance such that an anonymous user can create and delete databases?

Answer 1

You can also do that through CouchDB Web UI.

1. Go to the configuration panel (http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/config.html in CouchDB 1.x or http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/#_config in CouchDB 2.x).
2. In the admin section, delete all rows.
3. Relax: this is "admin party" again.

Answer 2

# is not a valid comment in this configuration format, Use ; instead.

If you try to login as #admin (rather than just admin) it will let you, if you give the right password. So, either remove the line altogether, or prefix it with ;.