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authorJoan Touzet <wohali@apache.org>2016-09-08 23:53:18 -0400
committerJoan Touzet <wohali@apache.org>2016-09-08 23:53:18 -0400
commitcaa308f91cac6bfd6026d64fe1bf27482f55b513 (patch)
tree7615f8a3898378e628187737cea21c92ad022a7a
parent87139518cfd9689099d608872895af56891997eb (diff)
downloadcouchdb-caa308f91cac6bfd6026d64fe1bf27482f55b513.tar.gz
Further OSX specific updates to install doc
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@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Relax.
## User Registration
+For OS X, in the steps below, substitute `/Users/couchdb` for `/home/couchdb`.
+
You should create a special `couchdb` user for CouchDB.
On many Unix-like systems you can run:
@@ -151,9 +153,11 @@ On many Unix-like systems you can run:
--group --gecos \
"CouchDB Administrator" couchdb
-On Mac OS X you can use the Workgroup Manager to create users. Links to
-download the Workgroup Manager vary by OS version; search Apple's support
-site to find the download appropriate for your system.
+On Mac OS X you can use the Workgroup Manager to create users up to version
+10.9, and dscl or sysadminctl after version 10.9. Search Apple's support
+site to find the documentation appropriate for your system. As of recent
+versions of OS X, this functionality is also included in Server.app,
+available through the App Store only as part of OS X Server.
You must make sure that:
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ You must make sure that:
* The user's home directory is wherever you have copied the release.
As a recommendation, copy the `rel\couchdb` directory into
- `/home/couchdb`.
+ `/home/couchdb` or `/Users/couchdb`.
You can test this by:
@@ -175,7 +179,7 @@ Copy the built couchdb release to the new user's home directory:
Change the ownership of the CouchDB directories by running:
- chown -R couchdb:couchdb /home/couchdb/couchdb
+ chown -R couchdb:couchdb /home/couchdb/couchdb
Change the permission of the CouchDB directories by running: