"error: to use bitcoind, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file"

prophetx (OP)

Legendary

Offline

Activity: 1666
Merit: 1010

he who has the gold makes the rules

"error: to use bitcoind, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file"

January 10, 2014, 05:52:02 PM

#1

i get this trying to run bitcoind on win8, i have a conf file with a rpcpassword

----

related problem is that when i run bitcoin-qt with daemon and server set to 1, i cannot connect to the rpc port from localhost.

----

i can get this to work on linux, i just cannot figure out what to do on windows. please help.

Abdussamad

Legendary

Offline

Activity: 3612
Merit: 1564

Re: "error: to use bitcoind, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file"

January 10, 2014, 07:07:43 PM

#2

TRy specifying a data directory:

bitcoind -datadir=c:\whatever\whatever\ getinfo

prophetx (OP)

Legendary

Offline

Activity: 1666
Merit: 1010

he who has the gold makes the rules

Re: "error: to use bitcoind, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file"

January 10, 2014, 07:21:09 PM

#3

Quote from: Abdussamad on January 10, 2014, 07:07:43 PM

TRy specifying a data directory:

bitcoind -datadir=c:\whatever\whatever\ getinfo

thanks!

i figured it out, i had a new laptop and forgot windows hides file extensions by default so i had bitcoin.conf.conf woops...