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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
index 8bec0289f5..fca6083ea8 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-cli.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ std::string HelpMessageCli()
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcclienttimeout=<n>", strprintf(_("Timeout in seconds during HTTP requests, or 0 for no timeout. (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT));
- strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-stdin", _("Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases)"));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-stdinrpcpass", strprintf(_("Read RPC password from standard input as a single line. When combined with -stdin, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password.")));
+ strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-stdin", _("Read extra arguments from standard input, one per line until EOF/Ctrl-D (recommended for sensitive information such as passphrases). When combined with -stdinrpcpass, the first line from standard input is used for the RPC password."));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcwallet=<walletname>", _("Send RPC for non-default wallet on RPC server (argument is wallet filename in bitcoind directory, required if bitcoind/-Qt runs with multiple wallets)"));
return strUsage;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ static void http_error_cb(enum evhttp_request_error err, void *ctx)
}
#endif
-UniValue CallRPC(const std::string& strMethod, const UniValue& params)
+static UniValue CallRPC(const std::string& strMethod, const UniValue& params)
{
std::string host;
// In preference order, we choose the following for the port:
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ UniValue CallRPC(const std::string& strMethod, const UniValue& params)
// Try fall back to cookie-based authentication if no password is provided
if (!GetAuthCookie(&strRPCUserColonPass)) {
throw std::runtime_error(strprintf(
- _("Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and no rpcpassword is set in the configuration file (%s)"),
+ _("Could not locate RPC credentials. No authentication cookie could be found, and RPC password is not set. See -rpcpassword and -stdinrpcpass. Configuration file: (%s)"),
GetConfigFile(gArgs.GetArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME)).string().c_str()));
}
@@ -293,6 +294,12 @@ int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[])
argc--;
argv++;
}
+ std::string rpcPass;
+ if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-stdinrpcpass", false)) {
+ if(!std::getline(std::cin,rpcPass))
+ throw std::runtime_error("-stdinrpcpass specified but failed to read from standard input");
+ gArgs.ForceSetArg("-rpcpassword", rpcPass);
+ }
std::vector<std::string> args = std::vector<std::string>(&argv[1], &argv[argc]);
if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-stdin", false)) {
// Read one arg per line from stdin and append