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I deployed a contract under with Truffle. I am able to use my contract as user: web3.eth.accounts[0]. What if I wanted to use this deployed contract object as a different user, say: web3.eth.accounts[1]?

I have the private key for all these accounts, since TestRPC gives them to you at start up. But the web3.personal.unlockAccount does not work for me. Also this function seems to require a PASSWORD. I have a private key, whats this got to do with a password?

truffle(development)> web3.personal.unlockAccount(web3.eth.accounts[1])
Error: Error: RPC method personal_unlockAccount not supported.
    at GethApiDouble.handleRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/lib/subproviders/geth_api_double.js:49:16)
    at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:95:18)
    at SolcSubprovider.handleRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/subproviders/solc.js:28:7)
    at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:95:18)
    at VmSubprovider.handleRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/subproviders/vm.js:40:12)
    at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:95:18)
    at GethDefaults.handleRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/lib/subproviders/gethdefaults.js:17:12)
    at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:95:18)
    at FilterSubprovider.handleRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/subproviders/filters.js:87:7)
    at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ethereumjs-testrpc/node_modules/web3-provider-engine/index.js:95:18)
    at Object.InvalidResponse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/web3/lib/web3/errors.js:35:16)
    at RequestManager.send (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/web3/lib/web3/requestmanager.js:61:22)
    at Personal.send [as unlockAccount] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/web3/lib/web3/method.js:145:58)
    at evalmachine.<anonymous>:1:15
    at ContextifyScript.Script.runInContext (vm.js:53:29)
    at Object.runInContext (vm.js:108:6)
    at TruffleInterpreter.interpret (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/lib/repl.js:136:17)
    at bound (domain.js:301:14)
    at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:314:12)
    at REPLServer.onLine (repl.js:433:10)

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use this command $ testrpc --secure -u 0 -u 1

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  • Thank you. Can you please explain what that does? I still get this error : truffle(development)> web3.personal.unlockAccount(web3.eth.accounts[1]) Error: Error: RPC method personal_unlockAccount not supported.
    – Raven
    Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 1:15
  • see this doc github.com/ethereumjs/testrpc
    – TahaBA
    Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 1:22

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