Sometimes, a channel/account is screwed up and can’t be recovered. Root can delete the channel and account, however Peertube won’t let you start again with the same names.
How can we fix this? What needs to be changed/edited?
Could Peertube support this as a feature?
Hi,
What do you mean by « screwed up »?
Thanks, Chocobozzz. They were unable to stream to their account anymore. Their stream-keys wouldn’t work. They tried other ones and that didn’t solve it. In the end, it was easier to just delete their account and ask them to start again from scratch. Peertube won’t let that happen.
Do you have server error logs to provide so we can fix the root cause of your issue?
I am encountering a similar issue.
I initially created a channel named « abc-channel » as an Admin. Later, I decided to use this channel under a standard user account. To achieve this, I deleted the channel as an Admin and attempted to recreate it with the same name using my standard user account.
However, this does not seem to be allowed.
What is necessary to create a new channel with a previously used name, even though it has already been deleted and is no longer in use?
As far as I know, PeerTube restricts the creation of channels and credentials with the same data, due to the fact that it is impossible to use “other people’s data” in the future, but I could be wrong about the reasons)
« Retagging this issue so we create a CLI tool for admins. », this is very good, the database cleanup command+PeerTube, and the ability to reuse the same data. I will also note if it is possible to clear user data, such as email, so that it can also be used to register again. For example, I deleted the user, cleaned it up, and then they were able to register again with their email address and name. This is not possible right now