From 82116f2c07bbc10204694b5f5f9a542cf373a825 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MacroFake Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:07:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25883: doc: Security config warning 3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b Security config warning (Robert Spigler) Pull request description: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/23412 Warning about modifying unknown config changes ACKs for top commit: jarolrod: ACK 3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b 1440000bytes: ACK https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25883/commits/3a71da0b721b064e2f33191cd66d79d0b37c692b Tree-SHA512: 01963f7de76b9aa623dfeb1e3d4f0a223dfc5a948f54688b60f895a3e1ab14398090fbd2116ff9fd4d90bf637e956e9cc484672053e195622253fd9895decae2 --- doc/dash-conf.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/dash-conf.md b/doc/dash-conf.md index 9ff7216bb2..13fa0ab708 100644 --- a/doc/dash-conf.md +++ b/doc/dash-conf.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ All command-line options (except for `-?`, `-help`, `-version` and `-conf`) may Changes to the configuration file while `dashd` or `dash-qt` is running only take effect after restarting. +Users should never make any configuration changes which they do not understand. Furthermore, users should always be wary of accepting any configuration changes provided to them by another source (even if they believe that they do understand them). + ## Configuration File Format The configuration file is a plain text file and consists of `option=value` entries, one per line. Leading and trailing whitespaces are removed.