running regtest network, bitcoin.conf incorrectly configured? This is what happens after I run this command bitcoind --regtest --printtoconsole, my guess is that it's something to do with bitcoin.conf



My bitcoin.conf file looks like this: 

server=1
rpcuser=root
rpcpassword=password
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
rpcport=8332


If you need more context, these are my other questions: trouble with bitcoin cli regtest and interacting with bitcoin over docker
just do this... 

To use bitcoind and bitcoin-cli, you will need to add a RPC password to your bitcoin.conf file. Both programs will read from the same file if both run on the same system as the same user, so any long random password will work:

  rpcpassword=change_this_to_a_long_random_password


in the future I'll be sure to RTFM