I figured it out. I had to start the Influx session with: $ influx -username admin -password **************
I then get: Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.4.2 InfluxDB shell version: 1.4.2 > SHOW USERS user admin ---- ----- admin true openhab false grafana false > SHOW DATABASES name: databases name ---- _internal openhab_db On Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 6:54:21 PM UTC-5, Earl Hicks wrote: > > I've loaded Influxdb on a raspberry pi and receive the following with I > input 'influx' > $ influx > Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.4.2 > InfluxDB shell version: 1.4.2 > > But when I try to create a new database, or seek existing databases I > receive: > > > CREATE DATABASE mydb > ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials > Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database. > Please set a database with the command "use <database>". > > or > > > > show databases > ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials > Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database. > Please set a database with the command "use <database>". > > -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to influxdb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to influxdb@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/eaf491d6-1cd9-49e9-842f-8bb87ea1f6f5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
