diff --git a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
index 169133975662dda3aebd1897216ae83114e4540a..937ff80803153d6c49e121c5fe5767d1f61f3341 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/couchdb2.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # 2022-01-20         v1.3  fixes with shellcheck
 # 2022-03-17         v1.4  WIP: add lines with prefix __DB__
 # 2022-04-07         v1.5  check archive file, not only seq file
+# 2022-04-14         v1.6  backup security infos (no restore yet)
 # ================================================================================
 
 if [ -z "$BACKUP_TARGETDIR" ]; then
@@ -142,8 +143,9 @@ function doBackup(){
 function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
 
   create_targetdir
-  mkdir -p "${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}" 2>/dev/null
-  mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/seq" 2>/dev/null
+  mkdir -p "${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}"     2>/dev/null
+  mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/seq"      2>/dev/null
+  mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/security" 2>/dev/null
 
   local ARCHIVE_DIR2="${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/deleted_databases"
   test -d "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}" || mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR2}" 2>/dev/null
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
     OUTFILE=${BACKUP_TARGETDIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/$(get_outfile "${dbname}").couchdbdump
     ARCHIVFILE=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/${dbname}.couchdbdump.gz
     SEQFILE=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/seq/__seq__${dbname}
+    SECURITYFILE=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/security/__security__${dbname}.json
 
     sSequenceCurrent=$(_getDbSeq "${dbname}")
     sSequenceLast=$(cat "${SEQFILE}" 2>/dev/null | cut -f 1 -d '-')
@@ -197,7 +200,14 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
     # echo "update_seq --+-- current [${sSequenceCurrent}]" 
     # echo "             +-- backup  [${sSequenceLast}]"
     if [ "${sSequenceCurrent}" = "${sSequenceLast}" ] && [ -f "$ARCHIVFILE" ]; then
-      echo SKIP: still on sequence "${sSequenceLast}"
+      echo "SKIP: still on sequence ${sSequenceLast}"
+
+      # add security file for already existing databases 
+      test -f  "${SECURITYFILE}" || (
+        echo "INFO: creating missing security file ${SECURITYFILE}"
+        _couchapi GET "${dbname}/_security" > "${SECURITYFILE}"
+      )
+      
     else
       echo
       echo "update_seq --+-- current [${sSequenceCurrent}]" 
@@ -213,8 +223,10 @@ function _doBackupOfSingleInstance(){
         fetchrc
         if [ $myrc -eq 0 ]; then
           iDbCount+=1
-          cp "${OUTFILE}"* "${ARCHIVFILE}" && echo "${sSequenceCurrent}">"${SEQFILE}"
-          ls -l "${ARCHIVFILE}" "${SEQFILE}"
+          cp "${OUTFILE}"* "${ARCHIVFILE}"                             \
+            && echo "${sSequenceCurrent}">"${SEQFILE}"                 \
+            && _couchapi GET "${dbname}/_security" > "${SECURITYFILE}"
+          ls -l "${ARCHIVFILE}" "${SEQFILE}" "${SECURITYFILE}"
         fi
       else
         echo "ERROR occured while dumping - abort"
@@ -295,6 +307,15 @@ function restoreByFile(){
   zcat ${sMyfile} | couchrestore --db $sMyDb
   fetchrc
   color reset
+
+  h2 add security infos ...
+  SECURITYFILE=${ARCHIVE_DIR}/${COUCHDB_INSTANCE}/security/__security__$sMyDb.json
+  color cmd
+  cat "$SECURITYFILE"
+  echo "TODO: import this to $sMyDb."
+  fetchrc
+  color reset
+
   echo
 
 }