Problem when unlocking account in private ethereum blockchain

Asked Aug 05 '19 at 13:42

Active Aug 05 '19 at 13:42

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I tried this statement

personal.unlockAccount(web3.eth.coinbase, "password")

But I am getting this error .

Error: account unlock with HTTP access is forbidden

Any suggestion would be helpful. Thank you.

asked Aug 05 '19 at 13:42

Mani Varma

I am doing this in Ubuntu 18.04 – Mani Varma Aug 05 '19 at 13:43
you run personal.unlockAccount(web3.eth.coinbase, "password") on console? – Tony Dang Aug 05 '19 at 13:53
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try to use "--allow-insecure-unlock" option when runnning geth – Badr Bellaj Aug 05 '19 at 14:24
Have a look over here: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/10160/truffle-migrations-account-locked-error-with-network-command/10840#10840 Hope it helps. – Rob Hitchens Aug 05 '19 at 17:35
This has already been answered here: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/69435/error-account-unlock-with-http-access-is-forbidden-when-unlock-an-account-in-ge – Carlos Fuentes Aug 06 '19 at 08:14

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