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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-07-03 06:26:03 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-07-03 07:11:59 +0200
commit4278b1df45d93d18dfa0a8ce8d6fd7ac9b5344a6 (patch)
tree16329e46791251133530f93d41a78cf4df4d73f1 /src/init.cpp
parentdd49e92fb0cae0dcdf0b2ea303da99c7814db473 (diff)
Clarify error message when invalid -rpcallowip
Also add to HelpMessage() what specifications are valid.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/init.cpp')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 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";