From 55cabaa2136dbcba5580f927ad197c2d30dbbd10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:36:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Merge #9004: Clarify `listenonion` 3421e74 Clarify `listenonion` (unsystemizer) --- doc/tor.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index be36b192c5..ae5a7e6494 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ 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 affect the number of available .onion nodes. -This new feature is enabled by default if Dash 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 Dash 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 dashd must have write access