Couldn't initialize permission database for blockchain

Question

Hi I am trying to connect to my chain from another server (another instance of the terminal, running on the same PC). I type multichaind chain1@192.168.57.66:4395, and I get this message:

MultiChain Core Daemon build 1.0 beta 1 protocol 10008

IO error: C:\Users\slava.sukhoy\AppData\Roaming\MultiChain\chain1\permissions.db\MANIFEST-000004: The handle is invalid.

ERROR: Couldn't initialize permission database for blockchain chain1. Probably multichaind for this blockchain is already running. Exiting...

What am I doing wrong? I used to work earlier. It also doesn't give me any wallet addresses, so Ican't manage permissions.

Answer 1

You cannot run two instances of MultiChain on the same computer, without ensuring that the two instances are using different directories. Take a look at the -datadir parameter, more details in this answer:

http://www.multichain.com/qa/2817/how-to-run-datadir-in-multichain?show=2822#a2822