Merge #14804: docs: Less confusing documentation for torpassword

6c6ee8af8 Less confusing documentation for `torpassword` (Chakib Benziane)

Pull request description:

  Rebased & squashed #14609.

  > The current documentation leads the reader to think hash-password is an other option.
  This change is less confusing and make it clear how to use this option.

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Wladimir J. van der Laan 2018-12-04 11:30:14 +01:00 committed by Munkybooty
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@ -136,9 +136,13 @@ preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission p
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
Debian-based systems the user running dashd can be added to the debian-tor group,
which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
Tor configuration.
which has the appropriate permissions.
An alternative authentication method is the use
of the `-torpassword=password` option. The `password` is the clear text form that
was used when generating the hashed password for the `HashedControlPassword` option
in the tor configuration file. The hashed password can be obtained with the command
`tor --hash-password password` (read the tor manual for more details).
## 5. Privacy recommendations