How do I disable in monero-wallet-cli requiring password authentication for every output received?

Question

When I load my wallet with monero-wallet-cli I get frequently prompted with Enter password (output received) to enter the wallet's password. From the noise of the fan it seems that the wallet pauses and resumes refreshing only after entering the password. Is that really the case? How might I disable such prompts and allow the wallet to sync seamlessly in the background? Loading the wallet with monero-wallet-cli --password <MYPASSWORD> has not solved the issue.

Answer 1

You need to use set command while wallet loaded in order to disable password prompt. In your particular case "ask-password = 0" will do the trick.

set
seed = English
always-confirm-transfers = 0
print-ring-members = 0
store-tx-info = 1
default-ring-size = 0
auto-refresh = 1
refresh-type = optimize-coinbase
priority = 0 (default)
ask-password = 0 (never)
unit = monero
max-reorg-depth = 100
min-outputs-count = 0
min-outputs-value = 0.000000000000
merge-destinations = 0
confirm-backlog = 1
confirm-backlog-threshold = 0
confirm-export-overwrite = 1
refresh-from-block-height = 1000000
auto-low-priority = 1
segregate-pre-fork-outputs = 1
key-reuse-mitigation2 = 1
subaddress-lookahead = 50:200
segregation-height = 0
ignore-fractional-outputs = 1
ignore-outputs-above = 18446744.073709551615
ignore-outputs-below = 0.000000000000
track-uses = 0
setup-background-mining = no
device-name = 
export-format = binary
show-wallet-name-when-locked = 0
inactivity-lock-timeout = 9999999
load-deprecated-formats = 0
enable-multisig-experimental = 0