Docs: correct and elaborate -rpcbind doc

The default was incorrect unless -rpcallowip was also specified.
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Ian Kelling 2017-03-03 03:34:15 -08:00
parent 58861ad91b
commit e5b449c3e8

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@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC server options:")); strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC server options:"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-server", _("Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-server", _("Accept command line and JSON-RPC commands"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rest", strprintf(_("Accept public REST requests (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_REST_ENABLE)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rest", strprintf(_("Accept public REST requests (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_REST_ENABLE));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcbind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: bind to all interfaces)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcbind=<addr>[:port]", _("Bind to given address to listen for JSON-RPC connections. This option is ignored unless -rpcallowip is also passed. Port is optional and overrides -rpcport. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. This option can be specified multiple times (default: 127.0.0.1 and ::1 i.e., localhost, or if -rpcallowip has been specified, 0.0.0.0 and :: i.e., all addresses)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpccookiefile=<loc>", _("Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpccookiefile=<loc>", _("Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=<user>", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections"));
strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));