Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/db/DbDataStore.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/db/DbDataStore.java	(revision 620699)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/data/db/DbDataStore.java	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle.util.ConnectionRecoveryManager;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle.util.TrackingInputStream;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.persistence.bundle.util.ConnectionRecoveryManager.StreamWrapper;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.util.Closer;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.util.Text;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.uuid.UUID;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -533,12 +534,15 @@
             }
         }
         Properties prop = new Properties();
+        
         try {
             prop.load(new BufferedInputStream(in));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             String msg = "Configuration error: Could not read properties '" + databaseType + ".properties'";
             log.debug(msg);
             throw new DataStoreException(msg);
+        } finally {
+        	Closer.close(in);
         }
         if (driver == null) {
             driver = getProperty(prop, "driver", driver);
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/util/Closer.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/util/Closer.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/util/Closer.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+public class Closer {
+	
+	private Closer() {
+	}
+	
+	public static void close(InputStream is) {
+		try {
+			if (is != null)
+				is.close();
+		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+			//ignore
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void close(OutputStream os) {
+		try {
+			if (os != null)
+				os.close();
+		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+			//ignore
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void close(Reader r) {
+		try {
+			if (r != null)
+				r.close();
+		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+			//ignore
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static void close(Writer w) {
+		try {
+			if (w != null)
+				w.close();
+		} catch (IOException ioe) {
+			//ignore
+		}
+	}
+}