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make use of the new #torrc FAQ

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Roger Dingledine 20 years ago
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@@ -269,14 +269,9 @@ as a server on Windows now as well.)
 <ul>
 <ul>
 <li>0. Verify that your clock is set correctly. If possible, synchronize
 <li>0. Verify that your clock is set correctly. If possible, synchronize
 your clock with public time servers.</li>
 your clock with public time servers.</li>
-<li>1. Edit the bottom part of your torrc (if you installed from source,
+<li>1. Edit the bottom part of your torrc. (See <a
-you will need to copy torrc.sample to torrc first. Look for them in
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#torrc">this
-/usr/local/etc/tor/ on Unix).  If you installed a package, you should look
+FAQ entry</a> for help.)
- for torrc:
-<ul><li>in <tt>/etc/torrc</tt> or <tt>/etc/tor/torrc</tt> on Unix.</li>
-    <li>in <tt>/Library/Tor/torrc</tt> on Macintosh OS X.</li>
-    <li>in <tt>\Application Data\tor\torrc</tt> or in <tt>\<i>username</i>\Application Data\tor\torrc</tt> on Windows.</li>
-</ul>
 Make sure to define at least Nickname and ORPort.
 Make sure to define at least Nickname and ORPort.
 Create the DataDirectory if necessary, and make
 Create the DataDirectory if necessary, and make
 sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor.
 sure it's owned by the user that will be running tor.
@@ -394,8 +389,9 @@ the middle.</p>
 you can <a href="http://6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion/">go to the hidden wiki</a>
 you can <a href="http://6sxoyfb3h2nvok2d.onion/">go to the hidden wiki</a>
 to see hidden services in action.</p>
 to see hidden services in action.</p>
 
 
-<p>To set up a hidden service, copy torrc.sample to torrc (by default it's
+<p>To set up a hidden service, edit the middle part of your torrc. (See
-in /usr/local/etc/tor/), and edit the middle part. Then run Tor. It will
+<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#torrc">this
+FAQ entry</a> for help.) Then run Tor. It will
 create each HiddenServiceDir you have configured, and it will create a
 create each HiddenServiceDir you have configured, and it will create a
 'hostname' file which specifies the url (xyz.onion) for that service. You
 '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 client,
 can tell people the url, and they can connect to it via their Tor client,