# ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials **URL:** \ **Category:** Systems\ **Created:** [March 12, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974 "2019-03-12T10:08:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BaptisteMagous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/baptistemagous/32/2656_2.png) [@BaptisteMagous](https://community.influxdata.com/u/BaptisteMagous)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974/1 "2019-03-12T10:08:59Z")
Hi, I tried to install influxDB using Digital Ocean. I started influx CLI using: > influx following lines appeared: > Connected to [http://localhost:8086](http://localhost:8086) version 1.7.2 > InfluxDB shell version: 1.7.2 > Enter an InfluxQL query Then I wanted to create a database using following command: > CREATE DATABASE myDB But I got this error: _ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials_ _Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database._ _Please set a database with the command “use \”._ I search on internet what was going on. All was about being logged with permission (correct me if i’m wrong) I found this interesting post [Authentication doesn't work in 0.11 · Issue #5792 · influxdata/influxdb · GitHub](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/5792) where someone managed to solve the error. > influx -username admin -password test but… I never created any user for influx. I tried > create user admin with password ‘test’ with all privileges Error again ☹ Since the post is closed, I have to create a new one. I’m stuck and i don’t know if I have to contact Digital Ocean support or someone here can help me. Thanks for reading, Baptiste ---
**Author:** ![philb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/philb/32/1805_2.png) [@philb](https://community.influxdata.com/u/philb)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974/2 "2019-03-12T14:39:34Z")
Hi, Did yo try wrapping the username in double quotes? `create user "admin" with password ‘test’ with all privileges` I’ve just tried your version and i think the single quotes could be a problem also. `‘test’` the single quotes look formatted, you should try `'password'` So, `create user "admin" with password 'test' with all privileges` That should definitely work, if you don’t get any error message then you can check with `show users` to confirm if the account was created. ---
**Author:** ![MarcV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/marcv/32/7676_2.png) [@MarcV](https://community.influxdata.com/u/MarcV)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974/3 "2019-03-12T16:47:00Z")
Hi , what is the outcome of ``` influxd config|grep -i auth ``` auth-enabled should be false … ---
**Author:** ![BaptisteMagous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/baptistemagous/32/2656_2.png) [@BaptisteMagous](https://community.influxdata.com/u/BaptisteMagous)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974/4 "2019-03-19T13:18:50Z")
Thank you for your reply 🙂 Whatever I type, it always end up \_ _ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials_ _Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database._ _Please set a database with the command “use \”._\_ I tried `create user "admin" with password 'test' with all privileges` using any possible quote. I will try to contact Digital Ocean Support to see what they can do ☹ Have a good day, Baptiste P.S. Digital Ocean console is so amazing I can’t type | in (letters work fine but anythings that is not a number or a letter is either missing or in the wrong place). Sadly, I have to way to execute `influxd config|grep -i auth` BTW : `show users` return me a user. His name is _ERR: unable to parse authentication credentials_ _Warning: It is possible this error is due to not setting a database._ _Please set a database with the command “use \”._ 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Seth1u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Seth1u](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Seth1u)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/err-unable-to-parse-authentication-credentials/8974/5 "2019-10-15T16:10:28Z")
Hello, I made some changes that worked. First 🕵️‍♂️ auth-enabled = true # The default realm sent back when issuing a basic auth challenge. # realm = “InfluxDB” # Determines whether HTTP request logging is enabled. log-enabled = true [monitor] # Whether to record statistics internally. store-enabled = true # The destination database for recorded statistics store-database = “\_internal” # The interval at which to record statistics store-interval = “20s” Restart service of influxdb : systemctl restart influxdb localman@app: ~ # influx Connected to [http://localhost:8086](http://localhost:8086) version 1.7.8 InfluxDB shell version: 1.7.8 > CREATE USER “adm” WITH PASSWORD ‘administrator’ WITH ALL PRIVILEGES > exit > Restart service of influxdb now reconnect with this user and password > auth adm administrator > show users > user admin * * * adm true > show databases > name: databases > name * * * \_internal Best regards 😉