[COUCHDB-1450] having a member of _users create new users does not work

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Labels: _users, user

Environment

ubuntu 11.10

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: paul iannazzo
• Created: 27/Mar/12 21:25
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:39
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:39

Description

instructions:

//create a server admin in futon

{name:"paul",password:"password"}

//delete _users database
$.couch.signup(

{name:"admin"}

,"1")
//set _users security members names = ["admin"] via futon
//logout via futon
//login via futon as 'admin'
$.couch.signup(

{name:"user1"}

,"password",{success:function()

{console.log(arguments)}

,error:function(){console.log(arguments)}})

//console output:
//PUT http://localhost:5984/_users/org.couchdb.user%3Auser1 404 (Object Not Found)
//XHR finished loading: "http://localhost:5984/_users/org.couchdb.user%3Auser1".
[404, "not_found", "missing"]

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_users validation function is not even called in this situation.
i was told that the below link is related to the problem
https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/src/couchdb/couch_users_db.erl#L40