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@@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ Other options can be specified either on the command-line (--option
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**ControlPort** __PORT__|**auto**::
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If set, Tor will accept connections on this port and allow those
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connections to control the Tor process using the Tor Control Protocol
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- (described in control-spec.txt). Note: unless you also specify one of
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- **HashedControlPassword** or **CookieAuthentication**, setting this
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- option will
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- cause Tor to allow any process on the local host to control it. This
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+ (described in control-spec.txt). Note: unless you also specify one or
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+ more of **HashedControlPassword** or **CookieAuthentication**,
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+ setting this option will cause Tor to allow any process on the local
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+ host to control it. (Setting both authentication methods means either
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+ method is sufficient to authenticate to Tor.) This
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option is required for many Tor controllers; most use the value of 9051.
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Set it to "auto" to have Tor pick a port for you. (Default: 0).
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@@ -173,15 +174,15 @@ Other options can be specified either on the command-line (--option
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the control socket readable and writable by the default GID. (Default: 0)
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**HashedControlPassword** __hashed_password__::
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- Don't allow any connections on the control port except when the other
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- process knows the password whose one-way hash is __hashed_password__. You
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+ Allow connections on the control port if they present
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+ the password whose one-way hash is __hashed_password__. You
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can compute the hash of a password by running "tor --hash-password
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__password__". You can provide several acceptable passwords by using more
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than one HashedControlPassword line.
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**CookieAuthentication** **0**|**1**::
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- If this option is set to 1, don't allow any connections on the control port
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- except when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named
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+ If this option is set to 1, allow connections on the control port
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+ when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named
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"control_auth_cookie", which Tor will create in its data directory. This
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authentication method should only be used on systems with good filesystem
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security. (Default: 0)
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