Hi Benjamin, that works. Thanks a lot, maxwell
On 1 February 2011 16:53, Benjamin Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Maxwell, > > Should be a simple fix. You've got "_user" in the URL, and it should be > "_users" > > Hope that does the trick. > > Later, > Benjamin > > > On 1/22/11 4:45 AM, 137maxwell wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm new with couchDB and trying to setup an example from the german book >> "CouchDB - kurz&gut". >> >> I just created a test app with "couchapp generate todoapp" and pushed it >> to >> the DB and everything works fine. >> >> Now the book says to add a user by the command: >> >> "curl -vX POST http://admin:secret@localhost:5984/_user -d >> 'username=bob&password=kelso&roles=user' >> >> The admin exists, the password is set up, but doing this I get the the >> error >> msg: >> >> {"error":"illegal_database_name","reason":"Only lowercase characters >> (a-z), >> digits (0-9), and any of the characters _, $, (, ), +, -, and / are >> allowed. >> Must begin with a letter."} >> >> I search for any solutions but wasn't successive. I am aware of the fact, >> that a database must not begin with a "_", but in this situation I >> understand the "_user" not as a database but as a part of the API. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks a lot, >> maxwell >> >> >
