From 3dde9ab5c3395c9481b1ad41d98ea6a9ee351004 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MarcoFalke Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:22:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Merge #18157: doc: fixing init.md documentation to not require rpcpassword MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit a2a03c3ca94b1cdd279ac09f2a81e04d262586fd fixing documentation to not require rpcpassword (“jkcd”) Pull request description: Configuration section in [doc/init.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/init.md) says user must set rpcpassword in order to run bitcoind. Since [71cbea](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/71cbeaad9a929ba6a7b62d9b37a09b214ae00c1a) fixed the code to use a cookie for authentication, it is not mandatory to set rpcpassword in the configuration. Fixes #16346 ACKs for top commit: hebasto: ACK a2a03c3ca94b1cdd279ac09f2a81e04d262586fd, modulo nit Tree-SHA512: a62816fef78bed32200bb278cfc7aacf6ea154a60fdf5181927e48b806a1bd694bdf3ccec8362f5e58aad694d636c63f540323d54d85b61deaa417b95b8b56eb --- doc/init.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/init.md b/doc/init.md index 36d27cccea..4b4c5da565 100644 --- a/doc/init.md +++ b/doc/init.md @@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ The macOS configuration assumes dashd will be set up for the current user. Configuration --------------------------------- -At a bare minimum, dashd requires that the rpcpassword setting be set -when running as a daemon. If the configuration file does not exist or this -setting is not set, dashd will shut down promptly after startup. +Running dashd as a daemon does not require any manual configuration. You may +set the `rpcauth` setting in the `dash.conf` configuration file to override +the default behaviour of using a special cookie for authentication. This password does not have to be remembered or typed as it is mostly used as a fixed token that dashd and client programs read from the configuration