Comment 2 for bug 1345672

Correction to my previous comment:

As they are *hashed* passwords, of course there is no way for CouchDB to transparently convert a -hashed- password into a -pbkdf2- password prior to starting the server. At best, CouchDB could write a -pbkdf2- style hashed password upon the first successful authentication against an existing -hashed- style hashed password.

So the correct way to state the problem is that CouchDB 1.6 isn't honoring *existing* -hashed- style admin passwords in the .ini file that worked fine with CouchDB 1.5.

On the upside, -pbkdf2- style hashed password seem to work fine with both CouchDB 1.5 and 1.6.