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Correct man page: multiple control auth styles can be set at once

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Roger Dingledine 2011-09-02 07:01:55 -04:00
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o Minor bugfixes:
- Correct the man page to explain that HashedControlPassword and
CookieAuthentication can both be set, in which case either method
is sufficient to authenticate to Tor. Bugfix on 0.2.0.7-alpha,
when we decided to allow these config options to both be set. Issue
raised by bug 3898.

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**ControlPort** __PORT__|**auto**::
If set, Tor will accept connections on this port and allow those
connections to control the Tor process using the Tor Control Protocol
(described in control-spec.txt). Note: unless you also specify one of
**HashedControlPassword** or **CookieAuthentication**, setting this
option will
cause Tor to allow any process on the local host to control it. This
(described in control-spec.txt). Note: unless you also specify one or
more of **HashedControlPassword** or **CookieAuthentication**,
setting this option will cause Tor to allow any process on the local
host to control it. (Setting both authentication methods means either
method is sufficient to authenticate to Tor.) This
option is required for many Tor controllers; most use the value of 9051.
Set it to "auto" to have Tor pick a port for you. (Default: 0).
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the control socket readable and writable by the default GID. (Default: 0)
**HashedControlPassword** __hashed_password__::
Don't allow any connections on the control port except when the other
process knows the password whose one-way hash is __hashed_password__. You
Allow connections on the control port if they present
the password whose one-way hash is __hashed_password__. You
can compute the hash of a password by running "tor --hash-password
__password__". You can provide several acceptable passwords by using more
than one HashedControlPassword line.
**CookieAuthentication** **0**|**1**::
If this option is set to 1, don't allow any connections on the control port
except when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named
If this option is set to 1, allow connections on the control port
when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named
"control_auth_cookie", which Tor will create in its data directory. This
authentication method should only be used on systems with good filesystem
security. (Default: 0)