From e206ffed6c143923b386a565fac542456f0f6a01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MarcoFalke Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:41:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#22393: doc: added info to bitcoin.conf doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit fa84caebc7b647d9483262b6634bfe6b02b90a69 doc: added info to bitcoin.conf doc (Brian Liotti) Pull request description: Should probably be explicitly stated to not make modifications to the conf file while daemon is running. ref #11586 For example, if rpc credentials are modified while bitcoind is running, `bitcoin-cli stop` is unable to stop bitcoind until the original credentials are restored in `bitcoin.conf` ACKs for top commit: rajarshimaitra: ACK https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22393/commits/fa84caebc7b647d9483262b6634bfe6b02b90a69 Zero-1729: ACK fa84caebc7b647d9483262b6634bfe6b02b90a69 theStack: ACK fa84caebc7b647d9483262b6634bfe6b02b90a69 🗄️ Tree-SHA512: f6ddffc25563c0b01e661b6abe43a7909938ad8eca38d6d0e2d4a2ce9fb850e51b54d950ef3118b74b6e340c64fe3f37205861720a2de2933db29782234869bb --- doc/dash-conf.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/dash-conf.md b/doc/dash-conf.md index 1d26c703d8..9ff7216bb2 100644 --- a/doc/dash-conf.md +++ b/doc/dash-conf.md @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ The configuration file is used by `dashd`, `dash-qt` and `dash-cli`. All command-line options (except for `-?`, `-help`, `-version` and `-conf`) may be specified in a configuration file, and all configuration file options (except for `includeconf`) may also be specified on the command line. Command-line options override values set in the configuration file and configuration file options override values set in the GUI. +Changes to the configuration file while `dashd` or `dash-qt` is running only take effect after restarting. + ## 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.