geth attach does not work.

[jtremback]

Fails with this error:

$ geth attach
Fatal: Unable to attach to geth node - dial unix /Users/jehan/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc: connect: connection refused

[obscuren]

Just to be sure; you have a node running, correct?

[jtremback]

Yes, started geth with geth console

[paulmorriss]

Is the node using the default data directory? I got this error when I was
running one with a non default data directory and I forgot to specify it on
the geth attach command line too.
Paul

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[obscuren]

@jtremback if you supplied a --datadir /tmp/something make sure that you attach using geth attach ipc://tmp/something

[karalabe]

I figure this is solved. We should probably clean up the CLI args further, but that's on our long term todo list already.

[IstoraMandiri]

In case anyone had a similar issue, I was starting with --datadir /tmp/something and had to use geth attach ipc://tmp/something/geth.ipc (including geth.ipc)

[realAkhmed]

Had a similar issue when starting in developer mode with geth --dev console. This is what worked:

$ geth attach ipc://tmp/ethereum_dev_mode/geth.ipc

[ogurcan]

I have a similar problem. I initialize my private local network as:

geth --identity="Node01" --datadir="./Node01" -verbosity 6 --ipcdisable --port 30301 --rpcport 8101 --networkid="12345" init ./CustomGenesis.json 2>> ./Node01.log

And then running the console as:

geth --identity="Node01" --datadir="./Node01" -verbosity 6 --ipcdisable --port 30301 --rpcport 8101 --networkid="12345" console 2>> ./Node01.log

Normally the console here work fine, but when I open another terminal window and try to attach, I am having this error message:

onders-macbook-pro:local_private_network ogurcan$ geth attach
Fatal: Unable to attach to remote geth: dial unix /Users/ogurcan/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc: connect: no such file or directory

I also realized that geth is not creating a geth.ipc under the custom data directory I am giving, i.e. /Users/ogurcan/ethereum_test_networks/local_private_network/Node01/. As a result, I am unable to say geth attach ipc//something, like you guys above did.

Any ideas?

[jmahhh]

geth attach http://127.0.0.1:8545

[fjl]

@ogurcan You are using the --ipcdisable option, which disables creation of geth.ipc.

[fanxiong]

didn't need use --datadir, just geth attach ipc://somePath/geth.ipc

[ronaldpetty]

Just curious why this is closed? While ipc://.. worked, it is not in the help menu and so far (as of latest release today), this issue is the only place I have found evidence of how to do this (I might have missed something).

Why doesn't datadir have it default to geth.ipc like other subcommands? Is there a tracker for these type issues, I be happy to jump in.

[denispeplin]

I started geth with --testnet option:

geth --testnet --cache 2048 --rpc

To attach I used following command (on Linux):

geth attach ipc:/home/den/.ethereum/testnet/geth.ipc

[ekotysh]

On MacOS (for testnet):

geth attach ipc:/Users/ed/Library/Ethereum/testnet/geth.ipc