# What do you use for username

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-username/4725>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [October 29, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-username/4725 "2016-10-29T02:34:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![just\_in](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/just_in/32/1198_2.png) [@just\_in](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/just_in)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-username/4725/1 "2016-10-29T02:34:53Z")

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What do you add for username?  
“rpcuser=username” \>\>~/.zcash/zcash.conf

Also does this:  
`head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64`"

Generate a random password for you?

mkdir -p ~/.zcash  
echo “addnode=mainnet.z.cash” \>~/.zcash/zcash.conf  
echo “rpcuser=username” \>\>~/.zcash/zcash.conf  
echo “rpcpassword=`head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64`” \>\>~/.zcash/zcash.conf

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![garethtdavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/garethtdavies/32/210_2.png) [@garethtdavies](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/garethtdavies)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-username/4725/2 "2016-10-29T02:41:02Z")

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It really doesn’t matter (only matters if you are using RPC interface and wish to connect to it) and yes you just need a random rpcpassword and that code will generate you one (but can be anything that is strong). See this [https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/security-warnings.md#rpc-interface](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/doc/security-warnings.md#rpc-interface)

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**Author:** ![just\_in](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/just_in/32/1198_2.png) [@just\_in](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/just_in)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-do-you-use-for-username/4725/3 "2016-10-29T02:43:44Z")

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So where do the blocks go per say, like how do I see them without a wallet for zcash yet?

And thanks!