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-rw-r--r--src/bitcoinrpc.cpp4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 8c04f577d1..07b616438e 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -748,7 +748,8 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
printf("ThreadRPCServer started\n");
strRPCUserColonPass = mapArgs["-rpcuser"] + ":" + mapArgs["-rpcpassword"];
- if (mapArgs["-rpcpassword"] == "")
+ if ((mapArgs["-rpcpassword"] == "") ||
+ (mapArgs["-rpcuser"] == mapArgs["-rpcpassword"]))
{
unsigned char rand_pwd[32];
RAND_bytes(rand_pwd, 32);
@@ -763,6 +764,7 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
"rpcuser=bitcoinrpc\n"
"rpcpassword=%s\n"
"(you do not need to remember this password)\n"
+ "The username and password MUST NOT be the same.\n"
"If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.\n"),
strWhatAmI.c_str(),
GetConfigFile().string().c_str(),