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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd/ethereum/main.go | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/ethereum/main.go b/cmd/ethereum/main.go index 8983b85a6..2e721dc71 100644 --- a/cmd/ethereum/main.go +++ b/cmd/ethereum/main.go @@ -295,7 +295,11 @@ func unlockAccount(ctx *cli.Context, am *accounts.Manager, account string) (pass // Load startup keys. XXX we are going to need a different format // Attempt to unlock the account passphrase = getPassPhrase(ctx, "", false) - err = am.Unlock(common.FromHex(account), passphrase) + accbytes := common.FromHex(account) + if len(accbytes) == 0 { + utils.Fatalf("Invalid account address '%s'", account) + } + err = am.Unlock(accbytes, passphrase) if err != nil { utils.Fatalf("Unlock account failed '%v'", err) } |