Make rpcauth help message clearer, add example in example .conf#9401
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| # You must set rpcuser and rpcpassword to secure the JSON-RPC api | ||
| # If no rpcpassword is set, rpc cookie auth is sought. The default `-rpccookiefile` name |
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Do you imagine any reason why it would be otherwise?
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No, but more than one user was apparently confused by this!(getting feedback offline) Maybe it's too obvious.
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| strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections")); | ||
| strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections")); | ||
| strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcauth=<userpw>", _("Username and hashed password for JSON-RPC connections. The field <userpw> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<SALT>$<HASH>. A canonical python script is included in share/rpcuser. This option can be specified multiple times")); | ||
| strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcauth=<userpw>", _("Username and hashed password for JSON-RPC connections. The field <userpw> comes in the format: <USERNAME>:<SALT>$<HASH>. A canonical python script is included in share/rpcuser. The client then connects normally using the rpcuser=<USERNAME>/rpcpassword=<PASSWORD> pair of arguments. This option can be specified multiple times")); |
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Could make sense to split the translation string into smaller logical chunks while touching?
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Some users are confused about the interplay of the three different ways of authenticating rpc requests. This is meant to give extra clarity.