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-rw-r--r--cmd/ethereum/main.go6
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)
}