<p>If you already have a bitcoin.conf file in place it will not generate a password, backup your current config file and try again.</p>

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2016-05-27T04:01:27.730Z
2016-05-27T04:01:27.730Z
Mark S.
<p>Since Bitcoin Core 0.12, an RPC password is no longer required for normal operation. Instead, a random password is automatically generated by <code>bitcoind</code> and stored in a temporary file on disk. When an RPC client (like <code>bitcoin-cli</code>) wants to connect, it automatically uses the password from this file.</p>

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Remember to specify the `-datadir` on the `bitcoin-cli` command line if it isn't the default.  Otherwise the cookie file won't be found.
davidbak
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2016-05-27T07:51:16.120Z
2016-05-27T07:51:16.120Z
Pieter Wuille
<p>I am on Linux Debian 8.4 and have one server running 24/7.<br>
I would like to help the Bitcoin network.</p>

<p>On <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#other-linux-distributions" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#other-linux-distributions</a> I got to the point where I should run <code>bitcoind</code> and it should give me unique password:  </p>

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  <p>Then you can run the command <code>bitcoind</code>. It will print output similar to this:</p>
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<p>But it does not print out anything. Ideas?</p>

<bitcoind>
How to get unique rpcpassword for bitcoind
Vlastimil Burián
# How to get unique rpcpassword for bitcoind

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-27)

I am on Linux Debian 8.4 and have one server running 24/7.  
I would like to help the Bitcoin network.

On <https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#other-linux-distributions> I got to the point where I should run `bitcoind` and it should give me unique password:

> Then you can run the command `bitcoind`. It will print output similar to this:

But it does not print out anything. Ideas?

**Tags:** bitcoind


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-05-27. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Since Bitcoin Core 0.12, an RPC password is no longer required for normal operation. Instead, a random password is automatically generated by `bitcoind` and stored in a temporary file on disk. When an RPC client (like `bitcoin-cli`) wants to connect, it automatically uses the password from this file.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Remember to specify the `-datadir` on the `bitcoin-cli` command line if it isn't the default.  Otherwise the cookie file won't be found.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-27. Score: 0

If you already have a bitcoin.conf file in place it will not generate a password, backup your current config file and try again.


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