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1// Copyright (c) 2023-present The Bitcoin Core developers
2// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
3// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
4
5#include <common/init.h>
6
7#include <chainparams.h>
8#include <common/args.h>
9#include <tinyformat.h>
10#include <util/fs.h>
11#include <util/log.h>
12#include <util/translation.h>
13
14#include <exception>
15#include <optional>
16
17namespace common {
18std::optional<ConfigError> InitConfig(ArgsManager& args, SettingsAbortFn settings_abort_fn)
19{
20    try {
21        if (!CheckDataDirOption(args)) {
22            return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, strprintf(_("Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist."), args.GetArg("-datadir", ""))};
23        }
24
25        // Record original datadir and config paths before parsing the config
26        // file. It is possible for the config file to contain a datadir= line
27        // that changes the datadir path after it is parsed. This is useful for
28        // CLI tools to let them use a different data storage location without
29        // needing to pass it every time on the command line. (It is not
30        // possible for the config file to cause another configuration to be
31        // used, though. Specifying a conf= option in the config file causes a
32        // parse error, and specifying a datadir= location containing another
33        // bitcoin.conf file just ignores the other file.)
34        const fs::path orig_datadir_path{args.GetDataDirBase()};
35        const fs::path orig_config_path{AbsPathForConfigVal(args, args.GetPathArg("-conf", BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME), /*net_specific=*/false)};
36
37        std::string error;
38        if (!args.ReadConfigFiles(error, true)) {
39            return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, strprintf(_("Error reading configuration file: %s"), error)};
40        }
41
42        // Check for chain settings (Params() calls are only valid after this clause)
43        SelectParams(args.GetChainType());
44
45        // Create datadir if it does not exist.
46        const auto base_path{args.GetDataDirBase()};
47        if (!fs::exists(base_path)) {
48            // When creating a *new* datadir, also create a "wallets" subdirectory,
49            // whether or not the wallet is enabled now, so if the wallet is enabled
50            // in the future, it will use the "wallets" subdirectory for creating
51            // and listing wallets, rather than the top-level directory where
52            // wallets could be mixed up with other files. For backwards
53            // compatibility, wallet code will use the "wallets" subdirectory only
54            // if it already exists, but never create it itself. There is discussion
55            // in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16220 about ways to
56            // change wallet code so it would no longer be necessary to create
57            // "wallets" subdirectories here.
58            fs::create_directories(base_path / "wallets");
59        }
60        const auto net_path{args.GetDataDirNet()};
61        if (!fs::exists(net_path)) {
62            fs::create_directories(net_path / "wallets");
63        }
64
65        // Show an error or warn/log if there is a bitcoin.conf file in the
66        // datadir that is being ignored.
67        const fs::path base_config_path = base_path / BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME;
68        if (fs::exists(base_config_path)) {
69            if (orig_config_path.empty()) {
70                LogInfo(
71                    "Data directory %s contains a %s file which is explicitly ignored using -noconf.",
72                    fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(base_path)),
73                    fs::quoted(BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME));
74            } else if (!fs::equivalent(orig_config_path, base_config_path)) {
75                const std::string cli_config_path = args.GetArg("-conf", "");
76                const std::string config_source = cli_config_path.empty()
77                    ? strprintf("data directory %s", fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(orig_datadir_path)))
78                    : strprintf("command line argument %s", fs::quoted("-conf=" + cli_config_path));
79                std::string error = strprintf(
80                    "Data directory %1$s contains a %2$s file which is ignored, because a different configuration file "
81                    "%3$s from %4$s is being used instead. Possible ways to address this would be to:\n"
82                    "- Delete or rename the %2$s file in data directory %1$s.\n"
83                    "- Change datadir= or conf= options to specify one configuration file, not two, and use "
84                    "includeconf= to include any other configuration files.",
85                    fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(base_path)),
86                    fs::quoted(BITCOIN_CONF_FILENAME),
87                    fs::quoted(fs::PathToString(orig_config_path)),
88                    config_source);
89                if (args.GetBoolArg("-allowignoredconf", false)) {
90                    LogWarning("%s", error);
91                } else {
92                    error += "\n- Set allowignoredconf=1 option to treat this condition as a warning, not an error.";
93                    return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, Untranslated(error)};
94                }
95            }
96        }
97
98        // Create settings.json if -nosettings was not specified.
99        if (args.GetSettingsPath()) {
100            std::vector<std::string> details;
101            if (!args.ReadSettingsFile(&details)) {
102                const bilingual_str& message = _("Settings file could not be read");
103                if (!settings_abort_fn) {
104                    return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, message, details};
105                } else if (settings_abort_fn(message, details)) {
106                    return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::ABORTED, message, details};
107                } else {
108                    details.clear(); // User chose to ignore the error and proceed.
109                }
110            }
111            if (!args.WriteSettingsFile(&details)) {
112                const bilingual_str& message = _("Settings file could not be written");
113                return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED_WRITE, message, details};
114            }
115        }
116    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
117        return ConfigError{ConfigStatus::FAILED, Untranslated(e.what())};
118    }
119    return {};
120}
121} // namespace common
122

src/wallet/receive.cpp

src/wallet/coinselection.cpp

src/consensus/validation.h

src/primitives/transaction.cpp

src/script/descriptor.cpp

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

src/consensus/merkle.h

src/consensus/tx_check.h

src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

src/chainparamsbase.h

src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

src/crypto/sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.h

src/crypto/hmac_sha256.cpp

src/crypto/hmac_sha512.cpp

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.cpp

src/support/cleanse.h

src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

src/rpc/request.cpp

src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

src/rpc/output_script.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction_util.h

src/rpc/register.h

src/rpc/request.h

src/rpc/server_util.h

src/rpc/protocol.h

src/rpc/server.h

src/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/rpc/txoutproof.cpp

src/rpc/util.cpp

src/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/rpc/addresses.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/backup.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.h

src/wallet/coincontrol.cpp

src/wallet/coincontrol.h

src/wallet/context.cpp

src/wallet/context.h

src/wallet/crypter.cpp

src/wallet/crypter.h

src/wallet/db.cpp

src/wallet/export.cpp

src/wallet/external_signer_scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/spend.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/transactions.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/wallet.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.cpp

src/wallet/feebumper.h

src/index/base.h

src/index/base.cpp

src/index/txindex.h

src/index/txindex.cpp

src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

src/index/blockfilterindex.h

src/index/blockfilterindex.cpp

src/index/coinstatsindex.h

src/index/coinstatsindex.cpp

src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

src/kernel/chain.cpp

src/kernel/chain.h

src/kernel/checks.cpp

src/kernel/checks.h

src/kernel/context.cpp

src/kernel/context.h

src/kernel/cs_main.cpp

src/kernel/cs_main.h

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.cpp

src/kernel/disconnected_transactions.h

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_removal_reason.h

src/kernel/coinstats.cpp

src/kernel/coinstats.h

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

src/kernel/chainparams.h

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

src/wallet/sqlite.h

src/wallet/transaction.cpp

src/wallet/transaction.h

src/wallet/dump.cpp

src/wallet/dump.h

src/wallet/init.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.cpp

src/wallet/walletutil.h

src/wallet/wallettool.cpp

src/wallet/wallettool.h

src/wallet/export.h

src/wallet/migrate.cpp

src/wallet/migrate.h

src/wallet/db.h

src/wallet/walletdb.cpp

src/wallet/interfaces.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp

src/wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.cpp

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel.h

src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

src/node/mempool_persist.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist.h

src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp

src/node/utxo_snapshot.h

src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

src/node/kernel_notifications.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.cpp

src/kernel/blockmanager_opts.h

src/util/expected.cpp

src/policy/settings.h

src/util/types.h

src/kernel/messagestartchars.h

src/kernel/warning.h

src/util/exception.h

src/common/license_info.h

src/node/coins_view_args.h

src/node/database_args.h

src/util/batchpriority.h

src/util/ui_change_type.h

src/node/coins_view_args.cpp

src/node/peerman_args.h

src/util/serfloat.h

src/node/blockmanager_args.h

src/node/database_args.cpp

src/util/overloaded.h

src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

src/util/macros.h

src/util/syserror.h

src/common/run_command.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist_args.cpp

src/util/exec.h

src/util/rbf.h

src/crypto/hex_base.h

src/node/mempool_persist_args.h

src/interfaces/echo.h

src/util/any.h

src/util/batchpriority.cpp

src/util/threadnames.h

src/node/coin.h

src/node/mempool_args.h

src/util/asmap.h

src/util/bytevectorhash.h

src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

src/common/init.h

src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

src/common/system.h

src/crypto/sha3.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.cpp

src/node/protocol_version.h

src/util/exception.cpp

src/common/messages.h

src/node/connection_types.cpp

src/util/bip32.h

src/common/license_info.cpp

src/util/stdmutex.h

src/common/run_command.cpp

src/util/check.cpp

src/util/golombrice.h

src/node/types.h

src/node/timeoffsets.h

src/util/readwritefile.cpp

src/util/fastrange.h

src/util/signalinterrupt.h

src/util/task_runner.h

src/util/syserror.cpp

src/common/interfaces.cpp

src/common/types.h

src/util/threadinterrupt.h

src/kernel/chainstatemanager_opts.h

src/node/psbt.h

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.h

src/util/trace.h

src/common/url.cpp

src/kernel/mempool_options.h

src/util/serfloat.cpp

src/kernel/notifications_interface.h

src/node/timeoffsets.cpp

src/node/warnings.cpp

src/util/hash_type.h

src/crypto/hex_base.cpp

src/node/eviction.h

src/util/tokenbucket.h

src/crypto/aes.h

src/common/pcp.h

src/util/feefrac.cpp

src/node/transaction.h

src/util/threadnames.cpp

src/common/signmessage.h

src/util/exec.cpp

src/util/signalinterrupt.cpp

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