rpc connection from armory failing authentication

[PeterTheGrape]

Thanks, one more question. I looked at my debug log file, about 12 megabytes, and it is almost entirely

"2017-04-13 11:15:12 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51582
2017-04-13 11:15:13 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51585
2017-04-13 11:15:14 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51588
2017-04-13 11:15:15 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51591
2017-04-13 11:15:16 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51594
2017-04-13 11:15:17 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51597
2017-04-13 11:15:18 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51600
2017-04-13 11:15:19 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51603
2017-04-13 11:15:20 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51606
2017-04-13 11:15:22 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51609
2017-04-13 11:15:23 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51612
2017-04-13 11:15:24 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51615
2017-04-13 11:15:25 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51618
2017-04-13 11:15:26 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51621
2017-04-13 11:15:27 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51625
2017-04-13 11:15:27 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51626
2017-04-13 11:15:28 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51629
2017-04-13 11:15:28 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51631
2017-04-13 11:15:29 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51634
2017-04-13 11:15:29 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51635
2017-04-13 11:15:30 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51637
2017-04-13 11:15:30 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51639
2017-04-13 11:15:31 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51641
2017-04-13 11:15:31 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51643
2017-04-13 11:15:32 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51646
2017-04-13 11:15:32 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51647
2017-04-13 11:15:33 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51650
2017-04-13 11:15:33 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51651
2017-04-13 11:15:34 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51653
2017-04-13 11:15:34 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51655
2017-04-13 11:15:35 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51657
2017-04-13 11:15:35 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51659
2017-04-13 11:15:36 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51661
2017-04-13 11:15:36 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51663
2017-04-13 11:15:37 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51665
2017-04-13 11:15:37 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51667
2017-04-13 11:15:38 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51669
2017-04-13 11:15:38 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51671
2017-04-13 11:15:39 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51673
2017-04-13 11:15:39 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51675
2017-04-13 11:15:40 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51677
2017-04-13 11:15:40 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51679
2017-04-13 11:15:41 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51681
2017-04-13 11:15:41 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51683
2017-04-13 11:15:42 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51685
2017-04-13 11:15:42 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51687
2017-04-13 11:15:43 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51689
2017-04-13 11:15:43 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51691
2017-04-13 11:15:44 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51693
2017-04-13 11:15:44 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51695
2017-04-13 11:15:45 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51697
2017-04-13 11:15:45 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51699
2017-04-13 11:15:46 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51701
2017-04-13 11:15:46 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51703
2017-04-13 11:15:47 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51705
2017-04-13 11:15:47 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51707
2017-04-13 11:15:48 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51709
2017-04-13 11:15:48 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51711
2017-04-13 11:15:49 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51713
2017-04-13 11:15:49 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51715
2017-04-13 11:15:50 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51717
2017-04-13 11:15:50 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51719
2017-04-13 11:15:51 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51721
2017-04-13 11:15:51 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51723
2017-04-13 11:15:52 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51725"

on and on, is that normal?

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[achow101]

That is not normal. Do you have any software on your computer which is supposed to use or try to use Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC server?

[PeterTheGrape]

That is not normal. Do you have any software on your computer which is supposed to use or try to use Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC server?

I'm using Armory.

[achow101]

I'm using Armory.

If you have rpcuser and rpcpassword set in the bitcoin.conf, remove or comment those out and restart Core.

[PeterTheGrape]

I'm using Armory.

If you have rpcuser and rpcpassword set in the bitcoin.conf, remove or comment those out and restart Core.

I only installed bitcoin core because Armory Needs it. I don't do and haven't done anything with bitcoin core. None of the wallets has any coins so no big risk I guess.

[achow101]

I only installed bitcoin core because Armory Needs it. I don't do and haven't done anything with bitcoin core. None of the wallets has any coins so no big risk I guess.

Check that a .cookie file exists in Bitcoin Core's data directory. If it doesn't, restart Core.

I'm going to split this thread and move it to Armory.

[PeterTheGrape]

I only installed bitcoin core because Armory Needs it. I don't do and haven't done anything with bitcoin core. None of the wallets has any coins so no big risk I guess.

Check that a .cookie file exists in Bitcoin Core's data directory. If it doesn't, restart Core.

I'm going to split this thread and move it to Armory.

Yes, there is a .cookie file, I hadn't noticed that before. I opened it with notepad and it just has __cookie__ followed by about 50 random characters.