From aaf140f302c4f292b6902e5ebb3af148bdaf1c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Lange Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 21:52:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ.md --- docs/_interface/FAQ.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/_interface/FAQ.md b/docs/_interface/FAQ.md index f690c86258..29acd3d908 100644 --- a/docs/_interface/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/_interface/FAQ.md @@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ You however should be able to run a light client on an HDD with minimal impact o **Q: When I try to use the --password command line flag, I get the error "Could not decrypt key with given passphrase" but the password is correct. Why does this error appear?** -**A:** Especially if the password file was created on Windows, it may have a Byte Order Mark or other special encoding that the go-ethereum client doesn't currently recognize. You can change this behavior with a PowerShell command like `echo "mypasswordhere" | out-file test.txt -encoding ASCII`. Additional details and/or any updates on more robust handling are at https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/19905. +**A:** Especially if the password file was created on Windows, it may have a Byte Order Mark or other special encoding that the go-ethereum client doesn't currently recognize. You can change this behavior with a PowerShell command like `echo "mypasswordhere" | out-file test.txt -encoding ASCII`. Additional details and/or any updates on more robust handling are at .