From 6b3ec8fe0d06233cb09cfff16b048d0656540dab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 11:30:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 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. Tree-SHA512: b94223715f1d28a8218e501117faa103d7cc791333e6d9a40e9253756070316d41de73e3b4593cd1fa9e1823fa8e8de4938cf0de89117a6e4649401d877e3477 --- doc/tor.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index fd28d24c20..3abbfc1e34 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -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