From 8dfddf503c97154e87be5163d0ea1df4f1914cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 17:22:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Merge #9910: Docs: correct and elaborate -rpcbind doc e5b449c Docs: correct and elaborate -rpcbind doc (Ian Kelling) Tree-SHA512: e1cdaa32f7248f304d463e3f37d7d5da23ee0e506bd453420b87f4cc9c704cc30214e41c9266294890d65f2ee270f9355f38b542e8c01452637bdbba8273c755 --- src/init.cpp | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index 02c7bf250058a..53bbb4c076210 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode) strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("RPC server options:")); 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("-rpcbind=", _("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=[: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=", _("Location of the auth cookie (default: data dir)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcuser=", _("Username for JSON-RPC connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));