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author | Joan Touzet <wohali@apache.org> | 2016-09-08 23:53:18 -0400 |
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committer | Joan Touzet <wohali@apache.org> | 2016-09-08 23:53:18 -0400 |
commit | caa308f91cac6bfd6026d64fe1bf27482f55b513 (patch) | |
tree | 7615f8a3898378e628187737cea21c92ad022a7a | |
parent | 87139518cfd9689099d608872895af56891997eb (diff) | |
download | couchdb-caa308f91cac6bfd6026d64fe1bf27482f55b513.tar.gz |
Further OSX specific updates to install doc
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Unix.md b/INSTALL.Unix.md index bbadcbb3e..9ff43bf06 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Unix.md +++ b/INSTALL.Unix.md @@ -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: |