Martin, based on http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Security_Features_Overview#Generating_password_sha what's wrong about php's sha1() function?
$ php -r "echo sha1('foobar');" 8843d7f92416211de9ebb963ff4ce28125932878 it's the same result as stated there for erlang, ruby & python :) Regards Stefan On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:33 AM, Martin Hewitt <mar...@thenoi.se> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm writing a build process in Phing, part of which involves creating a new > CouchDB user. I'm having trouble logging in as the created user and have an > inkling that it's down to the SHA1 encryption of the password and salt, as > the Security wiki page is quite specific about what SHA1s work and which ones > don't. > > My question is - does anyone know if there's a way to generate a > CouchDB-friendly SHA1 hash in PHP? > > Thanks, > > Martin