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December 06, 2010, 12:27:06 AM
Last edit: December 06, 2010, 06:17:19 AM by Hal
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Running ./bitcoin.exe -addnode 192.168.1.48 (which is another computer running Bitcoin) produces error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file...

Same error with -connect. I don't have a bitcoin.conf.

Is this right? I'm not interested in rpc, I just want to speed up initial block download.

When I create the file as required, I then get error: couldn't connect to server.

I tried telnet 192.168.1.48 8333 and did make a connection, got back the word 'version and a bunch of gibberish.
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December 06, 2010, 01:26:16 AM
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The command is:
./bitcoin.exe -addnode=192.168.1.48

Including switches without "-" makes Bitcoin think that you want to run it in RPC client mode. It was thinking that you wanted to run a Bitcoin RPC client with the -addnode switch, sending the RPC command "192.168.1.48".
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December 06, 2010, 03:46:12 AM
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Oh, right. Sorry, and thanks!
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