From: Roger Dingledine Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:12:36 +0000 (+0000) Subject: update readme similarly X-Git-Tag: tor-0.0.9pre1~42 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=578f3e5cccd193a95ea09bf6973b127e0ab46ea6;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git update readme similarly svn:r2362 --- diff --git a/README b/README index ce693ae34d..6e84dcd2e3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ doesn't work for you. Do you want to run a tor server? We're looking for people with reasonably reliable Internet connections, - that have at least 768kbit each way. Currently we don't use all of that, + that have at least 1Mbit each way. Currently we don't use all of that, but we want it available for burst traffic. + (The Tor server doesn't need to be run as root, and doesn't need any + special system permissions or kernel mods. You should probably run it + as its own user though, especially if you run an identd service too.) + First, copy torrc.sample to torrc (by default it's in /usr/local/etc/tor/), and edit the middle part. Create the - DataDirectory, and make sure it's owned by whoever will be running - tor. Fix your system clock so it's not too far off. Make sure name - resolution works. + DataDirectory, and make sure it's owned by the uid/gid that will be + running tor. Fix your system clock so it's not too far off. Make sure + name resolution works. Then run tor to generate keys. One of the files generated in your DataDirectory is your 'fingerprint' file. Mail it to @@ -35,10 +39,6 @@ Do you want to run a tor server? if there's any problem. Also describe what kind of connectivity the new server will have. If possible PGP sign your mail. - NOTE: You won't be able to use tor as a client or server - in this configuration until you've been added to the directory - and can authenticate to the other nodes. - You may find the initscript in contrib/tor.sh useful if you want to set up Tor to start at boot.