illegal group name
actually means that the group you're specifying (the couchdb
after the colon -- the first couchdb
is the user) doesn't exist. You need to either create the group, stop specifying a group, or specify a group that exists.
chown illegal group name (mac os x) [closed]
Question
I'm trying to run the following command in Terminal:
chown -R couchdb:couchdb /usr/local/var/log/couchdb
However, I keep getting this message:
chown: couchdb: illegal group name
I am using mac osx (mountain lion) and I have command line tools installed. I really don't know very much about unix, but I've been googling the illegal group name error and haven't turned up anything that would help. What am I overlooking? Any additional resources you think might be helpful also appreciated.
Solution 2
OTHER TIPS
Try using just the owner if no group.
sudo chown -R user: /usr/local/var/log/couchdb
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