<p>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 the uid/gid that will be running tor. Fix your system
-clock so it's not too far off. Make sure name resolution works. Open a
-hole in your firewall so outsiders can connect to your ORPort.</p>
+clock so it's not too far off. Make sure name resolution works. Make sure
+each process can get to 1024 file descriptors (this should be already
+done for everybody but the BSD folks). Open a hole in your firewall so
+outsiders can connect to your ORPort.</p>
<p>Then run tor to generate keys: <tt>tor</tt>. One of the files generated
in your DataDirectory is your 'fingerprint' file. Mail it to