commit 8eadfad71daaad985ac1262436bc232d4b184d71
parent 99713b176b3713c3960be7b2852ffdb301daa916
Author: rl1987 <rl1987@sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:58:25 +0200
Tweak ControlPort description in manpage
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/doc28805 b/changes/doc28805
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ o Documentation (manpage):
+ - Improve ControlPort description in tor manpage to mention that it
+ accepts address/port pair, and can be used multiple times. Closes ticket
+ 28805.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
all sockets will be set to this limit. Must be a value between 2048 and
262144, in 1024 byte increments. Default of 8192 is recommended.
-[[ControlPort]] **ControlPort** __PORT__|**unix:**__path__|**auto** [__flags__]::
+[[ControlPort]] **ControlPort** \['address':]__port__|**unix:**__path__|**auto** [__flags__]::
If set, Tor will accept connections on this port and allow those
connections to control the Tor process using the Tor Control Protocol
(described in control-spec.txt in
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
methods means either method is sufficient to authenticate to Tor.) This
option is required for many Tor controllers; most use the value of 9051.
If a unix domain socket is used, you may quote the path using standard
- C escape sequences.
+ C escape sequences. You can specify this directive multiple times, to
+ bind to multiple address/port pairs.
Set it to "auto" to have Tor pick a port for you. (Default: 0) +
+
Recognized flags are...