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| author | Gregory Sanders <gsanders87@gmail.com> | 2016-12-21 08:45:59 -0500 |
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| committer | Gregory Sanders <gsanders87@gmail.com> | 2016-12-21 09:39:45 -0500 |
| commit | 0513c707aa1e356bc4da609bf0263cc684b0d6e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 68be7494f76793c80691b780c5d0d20f10a22dfa /contrib/debian | |
| parent | 5a70572049d0e8a2e9228e7acf0e07d61996c33c (diff) | |
Make rpcauth help message clearer, add example in example .conf
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/debian')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf b/contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf index 2831c07292..afbc7882e0 100644 --- a/contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf +++ b/contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf @@ -67,9 +67,30 @@ # This option can be specified multiple times (default: bind to all interfaces) #rpcbind=<addr> -# You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api +# If no rpcpassword is set, rpc cookie auth is sought. The default `-rpccookiefile` name +# is .cookie and found in the `-datadir` being used for bitcoind. This option is typically used +# when the server and client are run as the same user. +# +# If not, you must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api. The first +# method(DEPRECATED) is to set this pair for the server and client: #rpcuser=Ulysseys #rpcpassword=YourSuperGreatPasswordNumber_DO_NOT_USE_THIS_OR_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_385593 +# +# The second method `rpcauth` can be added to server startup argument. It is set at intialization time +# using the output from the script in share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py after providing a username: +# +# ./share/rpcuser/rpcuser.py alice +# String to be appended to bitcoin.conf: +# rpcauth=alice:f7efda5c189b999524f151318c0c86$d5b51b3beffbc02b724e5d095828e0bc8b2456e9ac8757ae3211a5d9b16a22ae +# Your password: +# DONT_USE_THIS_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_8ak1gI25KFTvjovL3gAM967mies3E= +# +# On client-side, you add the normal user/password pair to send commands: +#rpcuser=alice +#rpcpassword=DONT_USE_THIS_YOU_WILL_GET_ROBBED_8ak1gI25KFTvjovL3gAM967mies3E= +# +# You can even add multiple entries of these to the server conf file, and client can use any of them: +# rpcauth=bob:b2dd077cb54591a2f3139e69a897ac$4e71f08d48b4347cf8eff3815c0e25ae2e9a4340474079f55705f40574f4ec99 # How many seconds bitcoin will wait for a complete RPC HTTP request. # after the HTTP connection is established. |