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force the admin to mkdir the datadirectory himself,
so he gets the permissions right.

also this means clients will never need to make the datadirectory.

also remind the admin to fix his clock before setting up his node.


svn:r650

Roger Dingledine 20 years ago
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  1. 2 2
      Makefile.am
  2. 7 4
      README

+ 2 - 2
Makefile.am

@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = src doc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE
 
-install-data-local:
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/lib/tor
+#install-data-local:
+#	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/lib/tor

+ 7 - 4
README

@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ doesn't work for you.
 
 Do you want to run a tor server?
 
-  First, move sample-server-torrc onto torrc, and edit it. Then run tor
-  to generate keys. One of the generated files is your 'fingerprint' file.
-  Mail it to arma@mit.edu. Remember that you won't be able to authenticate
-  to the other tor nodes until I've added you to the directory.
+  First, move sample-server-torrc onto torrc, and edit it. 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. Then run tor
+  to generate keys. One of the generated files is your 'fingerprint'
+  file. Mail it to arma@mit.edu. Remember that you won't be able to
+  authenticate to the other tor nodes until I've added you to the
+  directory.
 
 Configuring tsocks: