From 310496d0b818d6cba2c7bc0b052268bc144a57b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: L4z3x <167608145+L4z3x@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:21:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added changing docker compose data and etc folder, to prevent
 permissions errors

while trying to follow the docker compose guide i created the data folders using the root user, and had this error when i run the stack:
`touch: cannot touch '/opt/couchdb/etc/local.d/docker.ini': Permission denied`

the problem was solved by changing the ownership of the folder to the user 5984, then one in the docker compose file.
---
 docs/setup_own_server.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/setup_own_server.md b/docs/setup_own_server.md
index 41f42fd..b444125 100644
--- a/docs/setup_own_server.md
+++ b/docs/setup_own_server.md
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ Congrats, move on to [step 2](#2-run-couchdb-initsh-for-initialise)
 # Creating the save data & configuration directories.
 mkdir couchdb-data
 mkdir couchdb-etc
+
+# Changing perms to user 5984.
+chown -R 5984:5984 ./couchdb-data
+chown -R 5984:5984 ./couchdb-etc
 ```
 
 #### 2. Create a `docker-compose.yml` file with the following added to it