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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2018-12-04 11:30:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2018-12-04 11:30:30 +0100 |
| commit | 8f1753b298f143502951c17d3179ed4742e9d1e6 (patch) | |
| tree | c66f5c9f6e81665c170fbc05173879e9b5f91c74 | |
| parent | 0257062e50ca223b4a097ebfdbe1efabbd361d76 (diff) | |
| parent | 6c6ee8af80cdd6bc3b677b95209b0700f08a2c98 (diff) | |
Merge #14804: docs: Less confusing documentation for `torpassword`
6c6ee8af8 Less confusing documentation for `torpassword` (Chakib Benziane)
Pull request description:
Rebased & squashed #14609.
> 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.
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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index dc0b88618a..c46b7e9f60 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 |