I'm trying to run bitcoind with a changed conf file, but for some reason the password it thinks is incorrect. Is there a way I can change the rpc username and password?
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Can you include in your question the exact content of the file (with password masked out if needed), the command you run, the output you expect, the output you see, entries in debug.log that may be relevant? It's very hard to help based on vague observations.– Pieter WuilleCommented Jun 16, 2018 at 15:45
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bitcoin-cli stop- Then edit your bitcoin.conf with
nano bitcoin.conf - Then edit or add the entry
rpcpassword=yourpasswordandrpcusername=yourusername - Save it
- Restart bitcoind
If you try to stop the bitcoind using bitcoin-cli then try edit the bitcoin.conf file to change the login and if that do not work then reboot then change the login (not sure if bitcoind can stop the server)
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I already tried changing the rpcuser and rpcpassword in bitcoin.conf and restarting the server with the new config file Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 1:59
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Ok then try to stop the daemon and simplely change the password and username to what you want and start the daemon again Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 2:03
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No the problem is when trying to restart daemon with new config, it says invalid credentials Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 2:06
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Ik but you have to stop the daemon with the same credentials then change it or else it won't work Commented Feb 7, 2018 at 2:25