It isn't actually used by the test, but by not setting any db, the default db would've been created (and not cleaned up, making distcheck fail for leaving files around)
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ TEST_F(AuthCommandTest,
" }"
" ]"
- "]}"));
+ "],"
+ " \"database_file\": \"" + test_db + "\""
+ "}"));
module_session.setLocalConfig(map);
server_.setConfigSession(&module_session);