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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-07-03 06:26:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-07-03 07:11:59 +0200 |
| commit | 4278b1df45d93d18dfa0a8ce8d6fd7ac9b5344a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 16329e46791251133530f93d41a78cf4df4d73f1 | |
| parent | dd49e92fb0cae0dcdf0b2ea303da99c7814db473 (diff) | |
Clarify error message when invalid -rpcallowip
Also add to HelpMessage() what specifications are valid.
| -rw-r--r-- | src/init.cpp | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/rpcserver.cpp | 2 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index da13218a94..2dd141a735 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode) strUsage += " -rpcuser=<user> " + _("Username for JSON-RPC connections") + "\n"; strUsage += " -rpcpassword=<pw> " + _("Password for JSON-RPC connections") + "\n"; strUsage += " -rpcport=<port> " + _("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332)") + "\n"; - strUsage += " -rpcallowip=<ip> " + _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address. This option can be specified multiple times") + "\n"; + strUsage += " -rpcallowip=<ip> " + _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This option can be specified multiple times") + "\n"; strUsage += " -rpcthreads=<n> " + _("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)") + "\n"; strUsage += "\n" + _("RPC SSL options: (see the Bitcoin Wiki for SSL setup instructions)") + "\n"; diff --git a/src/rpcserver.cpp b/src/rpcserver.cpp index f47b3385da..5c4d307497 100644 --- a/src/rpcserver.cpp +++ b/src/rpcserver.cpp @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ void StartRPCThreads() if(!subnet.IsValid()) { uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox( - strprintf("Invalid -rpcallowip subnet specification: %s", strAllow), + strprintf("Invalid -rpcallowip subnet specification: %s. Valid are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24).", strAllow), "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR); StartShutdown(); return; |