keep on getting "Package installation failed. User "guest" is not a member of the "dba" group."

[JoernT]

What happened?

I have an existing .existdb.json which is configured with user 'admin' and empty pass (for local development) but xst keeps on complaining : "Package installation failed. User "guest" is not a member of the "dba" group."

System Information

Build: eXist-6.2.0 (c8fa4958b6d4a50bd0cba7f3e76a150226414187)
Java: 1.8.0_382 (Azul Systems, Inc.)
OS: Mac OS X 14.2.1 (aarch64)

(should output xst version too). It is:
1.6.1

Relevant shell output

Package installation failed. User "guest" is not a member of the "dba" group.

[JoernT]

same applies when using latest 1.9.4

[JoernT]

for completeness: here's my .existdb.json

{
    "servers": {
        "localhost": {
            "server": "http://localhost:8080/exist",
            "user": "admin",
            "password": "",
            "root": "/db/apps/jhb"
        }
    },
    "sync": {
        "server": "localhost",
        "ignore": [
            ".existdb.json",
            ".git/**",
            "components/**",
            "node_modules/**",
            "bower_components/**",
            "build/**",
            "webtest/**"
        ]
    }
}