I might be totally wrong about this, but you might want to make sure couchdb is in the group that owns the run directory. When you do figure it out, will you post back and let us know, so we can make the docs clearer? Thanks!
Chris On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, paul jobs <[email protected]> wrote: > yes couchdb user exists > > On 12/19/08, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 19 Dec 2008, at 06:56, paul jobs wrote: >> >> sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchdb start >>> Starting database server couchdb >>> Apache CouchDB needs write permission on the PID file: >>> /usr/local/var/run/couchdb.pid >>> Error with database server: couchdb >>> >>> What user should own /usr/local/var/run/couchdb.pid >>> >> >> Does your system have a user `couchdb`? >> \ >> >> Cheers >> Jan >> -- >> > -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
