Going back to admin party

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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?

Just to be clear: in order to get back to admin party, you edit the local.ini (/etc/couchdb/local.ini on Ubuntu) and comment out all [admins] entries using ; or just delete all lines. — Mike McKay, Dec 29 '11 at 20:25

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '11 at 20:14

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# 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 ;.

answered Dec 02 '11 at 20:14

Dominic Barnes

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I also had to comment out the lines under the `couch_httpd_auth` section in local.ini – redgeoff Jul 31 '14 at 22:53

Aurélien Bénel · Answer 2 · 2019-09-14T06:40:36.710

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You can also do that through CouchDB Web UI.

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).
In the admin section, delete all rows.
Relax: this is "admin party" again.

edited Sep 14 '19 at 06:40

answered May 02 '14 at 16:07

Aurélien Bénel

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Thanks! And don't forget to log in first :). – Sam Dutton Mar 10 '15 at 11:02

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