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

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.1
• Component/s: Database Core
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)
• Assignee: Dave Cottlehuber
• Reporter: Dave Cottlehuber
• Created: 21/Aug/14 11:11
• Updated: 29/Aug/16 20:37
• Resolved: 21/Aug/14 11:20

Description

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.

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,[]}]}}