init: Modify docs and add release note for 12255
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Binary: `/usr/bin/bitcoind`
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Binary: `/usr/bin/bitcoind`
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Configuration file: `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`
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Configuration file: `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`
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Data directory: `/var/lib/bitcoind`
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Data directory: `/var/lib/bitcoind`
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PID file: `/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (OpenRC and Upstart) or `/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (systemd)
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PID file: `/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (OpenRC and Upstart) or `/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid` (systemd)
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Lock file: `/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind` (CentOS)
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Lock file: `/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind` (CentOS)
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The configuration file, PID directory (if applicable) and data directory
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The configuration file, PID directory (if applicable) and data directory
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bitcoin user and group. Access to bitcoin-cli and other bitcoind rpc clients
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bitcoin user and group. Access to bitcoin-cli and other bitcoind rpc clients
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can then be controlled by group membership.
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can then be controlled by group membership.
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NOTE: When using the systemd .service file, the creation of the aforementioned
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directories and the setting of their permissions is automatically handled by
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systemd. Directories are given a permission of 710, giving the bitcoin group
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access to files under it _if_ the files themselves give permission to the
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bitcoin group to do so (e.g. when `-sysperms` is specified). This does not allow
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for the listing of files under the directory.
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NOTE: It is not currently possible to override `datadir` in
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`/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` with the current systemd, OpenRC, and Upstart init
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files out-of-the-box. This is because the command line options specified in the
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init files take precedence over the configurations in
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`/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`. However, some init systems have their own
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configuration mechanisms that would allow for overriding the command line
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options specified in the init files (e.g. setting `BITCOIND_DATADIR` for
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OpenRC).
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### macOS
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### macOS
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Binary: `/usr/local/bin/bitcoind`
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Binary: `/usr/local/bin/bitcoind`
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systemd init file
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The systemd init file (`contrib/init/bitcoind.service`) has been changed to use
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`/var/lib/bitcoind` as the data directory instead of `~bitcoin/.bitcoin`. This
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change makes Bitcoin Core more consistent with other services, and makes the
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systemd init config more consistent with existing Upstart and OpenRC configs.
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The configuration, PID, and data directories are now completely managed by
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systemd, which will take care of their creation, permissions, etc. See
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[`systemd.exec (5)`](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#RuntimeDirectory=)
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for more details.
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When using the provided init files under `contrib/init`, overriding the
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`datadir` option in `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf` will have no effect. This is
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because the command line arguments specified in the init files take precedence
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over the options specified in `/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf`.
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