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| author | “jkcd” <“jkreadsemail@gmail.com”> | 2020-03-21 19:51:31 +0530 |
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| committer | “jkcd” <“jkreadsemail@gmail.com”> | 2020-03-21 19:51:31 +0530 |
| commit | a2a03c3ca94b1cdd279ac09f2a81e04d262586fd (patch) | |
| tree | 1a0e2577c9b71fcca6e6475060a0d06e558c2d39 /doc/init.md | |
| parent | 5504703a9f8388dff66d33bd077bcc4c82dff6c8 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-a2a03c3ca94b1cdd279ac09f2a81e04d262586fd.tar.xz | |
fixing documentation to not require rpcpassword
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diff --git a/doc/init.md b/doc/init.md index 0b327aab58..99aa0a0def 100644 --- a/doc/init.md +++ b/doc/init.md @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ The macOS configuration assumes bitcoind will be set up for the current user. Configuration --------------------------------- -At a bare minimum, bitcoind requires that the rpcpassword setting be set -when running as a daemon. If the configuration file does not exist or this -setting is not set, bitcoind will shut down promptly after startup. +Running bitcoind as a daemon does not require any manual configuration. You may +set the `rpcauth` setting in the `bitcoin.conf` configuration file to override +the default behaviour of using a special cookie for authentication. This password does not have to be remembered or typed as it is mostly used as a fixed token that bitcoind and client programs read from the configuration |