From bdb2e8d4aef927efd4e74d31b5d4dffe73470d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: iamcarlos94 <62184065+iamcarlos94@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:46:18 +0100 Subject: Update JSON-RPC-interface.md clarifying when the .cookie file is generated --- doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md') diff --git a/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md b/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md index 6cbb6ebd72..ec332d23eb 100644 --- a/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md +++ b/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ RPC interface will be abused. Instead, expose it only on the host system's localhost, for example: `-p 127.0.0.1:8332:8332` -- **Secure authentication:** By default, Bitcoin Core generates unique +- **Secure authentication:** By default, when no `rpcpassword` is specified, Bitcoin Core generates unique login credentials each time it restarts and puts them into a file readable only by the user that started Bitcoin Core, allowing any of that user's RPC clients with read access to the file to login -- cgit v1.2.3