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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/init.cpp | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/net.cpp | 5 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 2f376af4c7..a05979fca8 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively affect the number of available .onion nodes. -This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening, and -a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`, -`-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. To show verbose debugging -information, pass `-debug=tor`. +This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening (`-listen`), and +requires a Tor connection to work. It can be explicitly disabled with `-listenonion=0` +and, if not disabled, configured using the `-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. +To show verbose debugging information, pass `-debug=tor`. Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be configured. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have write access diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp index e2f25eda74..84b0108ea8 100644 --- a/src/init.cpp +++ b/src/init.cpp @@ -359,13 +359,13 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode) strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-banscore=<n>", strprintf(_("Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_BANSCORE_THRESHOLD)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bantime=<n>", strprintf(_("Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MISBEHAVING_BANTIME)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-bind=<addr>", _("Bind to given address and always listen on it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6")); - strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-connect=<ip>", _("Connect only to the specified node(s)")); + strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-connect=<ip>", _("Connect only to the specified node(s); -noconnect or -connect=0 alone to disable automatic connections")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-discover", _("Discover own IP addresses (default: 1 when listening and no -externalip or -proxy)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dns", _("Allow DNS lookups for -addnode, -seednode and -connect") + " " + strprintf(_("(default: %u)"), DEFAULT_NAME_LOOKUP)); - strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dnsseed", _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect)")); + strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dnsseed", _("Query for peer addresses via DNS lookup, if low on addresses (default: 1 unless -connect/-noconnect)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-externalip=<ip>", _("Specify your own public address")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-forcednsseed", strprintf(_("Always query for peer addresses via DNS lookup (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_FORCEDNSSEED)); - strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-listen", _("Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect)")); + strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-listen", _("Accept connections from outside (default: 1 if no -proxy or -connect/-noconnect)")); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-listenonion", strprintf(_("Automatically create Tor hidden service (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxconnections=<n>", strprintf(_("Maintain at most <n> connections to peers (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS)); strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxreceivebuffer=<n>", strprintf(_("Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAXRECEIVEBUFFER)); diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp index 83a85dfbdd..48ba9588d9 100644 --- a/src/net.cpp +++ b/src/net.cpp @@ -2137,8 +2137,9 @@ bool CConnman::Start(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler, st // Initiate outbound connections from -addnode threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "addcon", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadOpenAddedConnections, this)))); - // Initiate outbound connections - threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "opencon", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections, this)))); + // Initiate outbound connections unless connect=0 + if (!mapArgs.count("-connect") || mapMultiArgs["-connect"].size() != 1 || mapMultiArgs["-connect"][0] != "0") + threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "opencon", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadOpenConnections, this)))); // Process messages threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "msghand", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadMessageHandler, this)))); |