Couchdb >=1.3 uses pbkdf2 as pw hashing algorhythm
http://docs.couchdb.org/en/1.4.x/configuring.html#configuring-server-administrators
it uses 10 iterations per default:
root@couch16:/etc/couchdb/local.d# /etc/init.d/couchdb stop Stopping database server: couchdb. root@couch16:/etc/couchdb/local.d# cp /tmp/admin.ini . root@couch16:/etc/couchdb/local.d# cat admin.ini [admins] admin = SH5NjqD3hksBQjLvcfR5gMTfJQAI7EN8 root@couch16:/etc/couchdb/local.d# /etc/init.d/couchdb start Starting database server: couchdb. root@couch16:/etc/couchdb/local.d# cat admin.ini [admins] admin = -pbkdf2-1bdb1240e931757107b0899786425651cabc7c4f,cf9fb36fac6c160d6e8e3c19f9475be4,10 [couchdb] uuid = 9e2930066e0a170f29d1911da084ec9c
(from redmine: created on 2015-06-09, closed on 2015-06-22, relates #6067 (closed), relates #7616 (closed))