$ sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb -b Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax.
What is the output when you don't use -b? What is the contents of couchdb.stdout and couchdb.stderr?
$ sudo -i -u couchdb couchdb -b Apache CouchDB has started, time to relax.
What is the output when you don't use -b? What is the contents of couchdb.stdout and couchdb.stderr?