{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6506","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6506/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6506/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6506/events","html_url":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6506","id":98714677,"number":6506,"title":"--conf confused by relative path","user":{"login":"unsystemizer","id":13134193,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13134193?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer","html_url":"https://github.com/unsystemizer","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/unsystemizer/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-08-03T10:30:49Z","updated_at":"2015-08-03T10:30:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"```\r\nrippler@ubuntu:~$ bitcoin-0.10.2/bin/bitcoind --conf=.bitcoin/bitcoin.testnet.conf\r\nError: To use bitcoind, or the -server option to bitcoin-qt, you must set an rpcpassword in the configuration file:\r\n/home/rippler/.bitcoin/.bitcoin/bitcoin.testnet.conf <=====  !!!\r\nIt is recommended you use the following random password:\r\nrpcuser=bitcoinrpc\r\nrpcpassword=CW3JUTEkBSzuFj2RGHuFtWsSkfuB23RoNGHBp6woQ9oe\r\n(you do not need to remember this password)\r\nThe username and password MUST NOT be the same.\r\nIf the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.\r\nIt is also recommended to set alertnotify so you are notified of problems;\r\nfor example: alertnotify=echo %s | mail -s \"Bitcoin Alert\" admin@foo.com\r\n\r\nrippler@ubuntu:~$ ll .bitcoin/bitcoin.testnet.conf\r\n-rw------- 1 rippler rippler 102 Aug  3 03:21 .bitcoin/bitcoin.testnet.conf\r\nrippler@ubuntu:~$ pwd\r\n/home/rippler\r\n```\r\nNote that my config file isn't under `/home/rippler/.bitcoin/.bitcoin/`, but rather under `/home/rippler/.bitcoin/`.\r\n`$ bitcoin-0.10.2/bin/bitcoind --conf=/home/rippler/.bitcoin/bitcoin.testnet.conf` works fine.\r\n"}}