Topic: rpc connection from armory failing authentication (Read 1640 times)

Yes, there is a .cookie file, I hadn't noticed that before. I opened it with notepad and it just has __cookie__ followed by about 50 random characters.

Check that a .cookie file exists in Bitcoin Core's data directory. If it doesn't, restart Core.

I'm going to split this thread and move it to Armory.

I only installed bitcoin core because Armory Needs it. I don't do and haven't done anything with bitcoin core. None of the wallets has any coins so no big risk I guess.

If you have rpcuser and rpcpassword set in the bitcoin.conf, remove or comment those out and restart Core.

I'm using Armory.

That is not normal. Do you have any software on your computer which is supposed to use or try to use Bitcoin Core's JSON-RPC server?

Thanks, one more question. I looked at my debug log file, about 12 megabytes, and it is almost entirely

"2017-04-13 11:15:12 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51582
2017-04-13 11:15:13 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51585
2017-04-13 11:15:14 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51588
2017-04-13 11:15:15 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51591
2017-04-13 11:15:16 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51594
2017-04-13 11:15:17 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51597
2017-04-13 11:15:18 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51600
2017-04-13 11:15:19 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51603
2017-04-13 11:15:20 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51606
2017-04-13 11:15:22 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51609
2017-04-13 11:15:23 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51612
2017-04-13 11:15:24 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51615
2017-04-13 11:15:25 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51618
2017-04-13 11:15:26 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51621
2017-04-13 11:15:27 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51625
2017-04-13 11:15:27 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51626
2017-04-13 11:15:28 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51629
2017-04-13 11:15:28 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51631
2017-04-13 11:15:29 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51634
2017-04-13 11:15:29 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51635
2017-04-13 11:15:30 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51637
2017-04-13 11:15:30 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51639
2017-04-13 11:15:31 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51641
2017-04-13 11:15:31 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51643
2017-04-13 11:15:32 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51646
2017-04-13 11:15:32 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51647
2017-04-13 11:15:33 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51650
2017-04-13 11:15:33 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51651
2017-04-13 11:15:34 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51653
2017-04-13 11:15:34 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51655
2017-04-13 11:15:35 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51657
2017-04-13 11:15:35 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51659
2017-04-13 11:15:36 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51661
2017-04-13 11:15:36 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51663
2017-04-13 11:15:37 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51665
2017-04-13 11:15:37 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51667
2017-04-13 11:15:38 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51669
2017-04-13 11:15:38 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51671
2017-04-13 11:15:39 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51673
2017-04-13 11:15:39 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51675
2017-04-13 11:15:40 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51677
2017-04-13 11:15:40 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51679
2017-04-13 11:15:41 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51681
2017-04-13 11:15:41 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51683
2017-04-13 11:15:42 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51685
2017-04-13 11:15:42 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51687
2017-04-13 11:15:43 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51689
2017-04-13 11:15:43 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51691
2017-04-13 11:15:44 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51693
2017-04-13 11:15:44 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51695
2017-04-13 11:15:45 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51697
2017-04-13 11:15:45 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51699
2017-04-13 11:15:46 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51701
2017-04-13 11:15:46 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51703
2017-04-13 11:15:47 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51705
2017-04-13 11:15:47 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51707
2017-04-13 11:15:48 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51709
2017-04-13 11:15:48 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51711
2017-04-13 11:15:49 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51713
2017-04-13 11:15:49 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51715
2017-04-13 11:15:50 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51717
2017-04-13 11:15:50 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51719
2017-04-13 11:15:51 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51721
2017-04-13 11:15:51 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51723
2017-04-13 11:15:52 ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from 127.0.0.1:51725"

on and on, is that normal?