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| author | MacroFake <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2022-08-22 11:07:44 +0200 |
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| committer | MacroFake <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2022-08-22 11:07:48 +0200 |
| commit | e5a83141fa62a80dc7bd24815e49b9e66a10e6f5 (patch) | |
| tree | f9da092862b881335d18926e0c826fc10b7f705c /doc | |
| parent | 0f35f4ddf405196a61bfc0616b82e826f1698862 (diff) | |
| parent | 3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-e5a83141fa62a80dc7bd24815e49b9e66a10e6f5.tar.xz | |
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25883: doc: Security config warning
3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b Security config warning (Robert Spigler)
Pull request description:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/23412
Warning about modifying unknown config changes
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diff --git a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md index acd767f234..1ebfb4c1de 100644 --- a/doc/bitcoin-conf.md +++ b/doc/bitcoin-conf.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All command-line options (except for `-?`, `-help`, `-version` and `-conf`) may Changes to the configuration file while `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` is running only take effect after restarting. +Users should never make any configuration changes which they do not understand. Furthermore, users should always be wary of accepting any configuration changes provided to them by another source (even if they believe that they do understand them). + ## Configuration File Format The configuration file is a plain text file and consists of `option=value` entries, one per line. Leading and trailing whitespaces are removed. |