From: Roger Dingledine Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:12:57 +0000 (+0000) Subject: tell people the default location of torrc X-Git-Tag: tor-0.0.6~18 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79e5c1bf23990d5f3107a419f149074c0f6ffd97;p=thirdparty%2Ftor.git tell people the default location of torrc svn:r1753 --- diff --git a/README b/README index 3d0e96ddab..9f8c9be3f9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ doesn't work for you. 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. @@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ Do you want to run a tor server? 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: