rnewson commented on code in PR #4814: URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/4814#discussion_r1378048823
########## src/couch/src/couch_users_db.erl: ########## @@ -63,6 +64,21 @@ before_doc_update(Doc, Db, _UpdateType) -> save_doc(#doc{body = {Body}} = Doc) -> %% Support both schemes to smooth migration from legacy scheme Scheme = chttpd_util:get_chttpd_auth_config("password_scheme", "pbkdf2"), + + % We preserve the salt value if requested (for a hashing upgrade, typically) + % in order to avoid conflicts if multiple nodes try to upgrade at the same time + % and to avoid invalidating existing session cookies (since the password did not + % change). + PreserveSalt = couch_util:get_value(?PRESERVE_SALT, Body, false), + Salt = + if + PreserveSalt -> + % use existing salt, if present. + couch_util:get_value(?SALT, Body, couch_uuids:random()); + true -> + couch_uuids:random() Review Comment: sure -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: notifications-unsubscr...@couchdb.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org