Do you want to run a tor server?
- First, copy torrc.sample to torrc and edit the middle part. Create
- the DataDirectory, and make sure it's owned by whoever will be running
+ 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.
Do you want to run a hidden service?
- Copy torrc.sample to torrc, and edit the bottom part. Then run Tor. It
- will create each HiddenServiceDir you have configured, and it will
- create a 'hostname' file which specifies the url (xyz.onion) for that
- service. You can tell people the url, and they can connect to it via
- their Tor proxy.
+ Copy torrc.sample to torrc (by default it's in /usr/local/etc/tor/), and
+ edit the bottom part. Then run Tor. It will create each HiddenServiceDir
+ you have configured, and it will create a 'hostname' file which
+ specifies the url (xyz.onion) for that service. You can tell people
+ the url, and they can connect to it via their Tor proxy.
Configuring tsocks: