setEtherbase not working in geth

Question

I am not able to make setEtherbase() work. This is what I am doing:

> setEtherbase(eth.accounts[0])
true
> miner.etherBase
undefined

Even though it shows true when I set Ether base it still shows undefined.

Answer 1

setEtherbase() is not a method of the personal object, it's a method of the miner object and that's why setting ether base won't work. You would rather try using the address directly, like this:

miner.setEtherbase('0x7...')