Topic: error: couldn't connect to server (Read 1782 times)

xtpu

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I don't think I understand, isn't that what is done by these lines in the bitcoin.conf?

Code:

rpcuser=some_user
rpcpassword=some_password

6Fallen

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you missed to specify your rpcuser and rpcpassword

xtpu

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Activity: 9

Merit: 0

I did a web search before posting, but none of the similar topics shed any light on my problem.

This is the command I'm using to start bitcoind:

Code:

./bin/32/bitcoind -datadir=/somedir -daemon

This is the contents of my bitcoin.conf, which is located in /somedir (of course):

Code:

server=1
rpcuser=some_user
rpcpassword=some_password
rpcport=8332
rpctimeout=60

Here are the results of netstat --ip -lpan | grep bitcoin

Code:

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8332 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 24203/bitcoind
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8333 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 24203/bitcoind

Then I attempt to send a commend to the bitcoind using:

Code:

./bin/32/bitcoind -datadir=/somedir getinfo

Result

Code:

error: couldn't connect to server

I'm probably missing something simple and obvious, but what?

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