"bitcoin -server -tesnet" uses ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf instead of ~/.bitcoin/testnet/bitcoin.conf #78

issue molecular opened this issue on February 23, 2011
  1. molecular commented at 12:24 PM on February 23, 2011: none

    to reproduce:

    • make a new user, install bitcoin
    • start "bitcoin -server -testnet" -> it tells you to create configfile in ~/.bitcoin/testnet/bitcoin.conf
    • create ~/.bitcoin/testnet/bitcoin.conf with rpcpassword=xxx
    • start again -> same error
    • mv ~/.bitcoin/testnet/bitcoin.conf ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
    • start again -> works
  2. gavinandresen commented at 2:26 PM on February 23, 2011: contributor

    The error message needs fixing-- having the bitcoin.conf file in the main datadir (not in the testnet subdir) is the way it is supposed to work.

  3. molecular commented at 2:52 PM on February 23, 2011: none

    ok, but then you can't put rpcport=xzy in bitcoin.conf and run two clients in parallel, right?

  4. gavinandresen commented at 3:29 PM on February 23, 2011: contributor

    Right, you need to specify a different -datadir.

    Changing the default -rpcport if running -testnet is a change that should be made, so you CAN just run bitcoin -testnet without messing with other confusing options.

    So proposed fix would be:

    • change error message
    • change default -testnet rpcport
  5. sgimenez commented at 3:06 PM on June 20, 2011: contributor

    I got the same problem with the latest git version, so I think this issue is not solved.

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