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Merge #14120: Notes about control port and read access to cookie

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fb97437 added note that control port must be enabled and how to do that in torrc config file (Jordan Baczuk)

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  Reopened from bitcoin#13681 because pushes made it unable to reopen.

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Wladimir J. van der Laan 2018-09-02 10:38:11 +02:00 committed by Munkybooty
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@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
Dash Core has been updated to make use of this. Dash Core has been updated to make use of this.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured), This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured),
Dash Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively Dash Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
affect the number of available .onion nodes. affect the number of available .onion nodes.
This new feature is enabled by default if Dash Core is listening (`-listen`), and This new feature is enabled by default if Dash Core is listening (`-listen`), and
@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ and, if not disabled, configured using the `-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` sett
To show verbose debugging information, pass `-debug=tor`. To show verbose debugging information, pass `-debug=tor`.
Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be
configured. For cookie authentication the user running dashd must have write access configured. It also requires the control socket to be enabled, e.g. put `ControlPort 9051`
to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases, this is in `torrc` config file. For cookie authentication the user running dashd 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 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 are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running Tor and
the user running dashd to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On the user running dashd to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On