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| author | Chakib Benziane <[email protected]> | 2018-10-30 15:58:51 +0100 |
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| committer | fanquake <[email protected]> | 2018-11-26 08:45:32 +0800 |
| commit | 6c6ee8af80cdd6bc3b677b95209b0700f08a2c98 (patch) | |
| tree | 0de5b0bbc29689b0c85868b78e83c04dfc1062a3 | |
| parent | Merge #14400: Add Benchmark to test input de-duplication worst case (diff) | |
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Less confusing documentation for `torpassword`
The current documentation leads the reader to think `hash-password` is an other option.
This change is less confusing and make it clear how to use this option.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index dc0b88618..c46b7e9f6 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission p are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running Tor and the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group, -which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use -of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in -Tor configuration. +which has the appropriate permissions. + +An alternative authentication method is the use +of the `-torpassword=password` option. The `password` is the clear text form that +was used when generating the hashed password for the `HashedControlPassword` option +in the tor configuration file. The hashed password can be obtained with the command +`tor --hash-password password` (read the tor manual for more details). ## 4. Privacy recommendations |