Created attachment 154325 [details] patch As per this discussion https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2638 , I am suggesting the attached patch which makes etc/local.ini file writable by the process. Without this workaround admin users can't be added.
A commit references this bug: Author: olgeni Date: Sun Mar 15 11:35:36 UTC 2015 New revision: 381321 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/381321 Log: Set @owner to couchdb for local.ini.sample. CouchDB's administration interface should be able to modify this file. PR: 198597 Submitted by: Yuri Changes: head/databases/couchdb/Makefile head/databases/couchdb/pkg-plist
Fixed - thanks!