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authorIan Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>2017-03-03 03:34:15 -0800
committerIan Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>2017-03-03 04:14:10 -0800
commite5b449c3e8f3b27796629e4adfcb59ed0b212f80 (patch)
tree6219ef71a509afa0a3e833d286f3872109407672
parent58861ad91b499f6902c0f1c51bb745b91a275826 (diff)
Docs: correct and elaborate -rpcbind doc
The default was incorrect unless -rpcallowip was also specified.
-rw-r--r--src/init.cpp2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index da389fd23d..31ad2dc300 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC server options:"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-server", _("Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rest", strprintf(_("Accept public REST requests (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_REST_ENABLE));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcbind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: bind to all interfaces)"));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcbind=<addr>[:port]", _("Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. This option is ignored unless -rpcallowip is also passed. Port is optional and overrides -rpcport. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: 127.0.0.1 and ::1 i.e., localhost, or if -rpcallowip has been specified, 0.0.0.0 and :: i.e., all addresses)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpccookiefile=<loc>", _("Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));