[jira] [Commented] (COUCHDB-2298) 1.6.0 crashes on startup if plain (non-hashed) admins are present in .ini / config files

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ASF subversion and git services commented on COUCHDB-2298:
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Commit 5bfd43dd0e3681bdb39dbbe47b6e56105a599cef in couchdb-documentation's branch refs/heads/1.6.x from [~dch]
[ https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=couchdb-documentation.git;h=5bfd43d ]

docs: include release notes for improved handling of admin password hashing

- closes COUCHDB-2298
- closes COUCHDB-2299


> 1.6.0 crashes on startup if plain (non-hashed) admins are present in .ini / config files
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-2298
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2298
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: public(Regular issues) 
>          Components: Database Core
>            Reporter: Dave Cottlehuber
>            Assignee: Dave Cottlehuber
>             Fix For: 1.6.1
>
>
> If a couchdb install is managed via e.g. chef or similar, and the admin passwords are pushed as plaintext, couchdb will crash on startup.
> {code}
> 1> Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 (LogLevel=info) is starting.
> {"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,{bad_return, {{couch_app,start,[normal,["/ramdisk/couch/etc/couchdb/default.ini","/ramdisk/couch/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]},{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,shutdown}},[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1,[{file,"couch_server_sup.erl"},{line,98}]},{application_master,start_it_old,4,[{file,"application_master.erl"},{line,274}]}]}}}}}},[{couch,start,0,[{file,"couch.erl"},{line,18}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}}
> {code}



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