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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 2d0676c89a..dc0b88618a 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically. Bitcoin Core has been updated to make use of this. 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 +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 (`-listen`), and @@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ and, if not disabled, configured using the `-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` sett 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 -to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases, this is +configured. It also requires the control socket to be enabled, e.g. put `ControlPort 9051` +in `torrc` config file. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have read +access to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases this is preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission problems 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 |