commit ed7081ae2eab64482eaa432836a6c6b58aebece2
parent 0229d5f81862e8ef6765c6e1e7e6cd78a5a2b4cc
Author: George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:38:24 +0200
Improve the man page entry for Address.
Fixes bug #40296 .
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -2186,13 +2186,14 @@ is non-zero):
(Default: "month 1 0:00")
[[Address]] **Address** __address__::
- The IPv4 address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of
- this server that resolves to an IPv4 address. You can leave this
- unset, and Tor will try to guess your IPv4 address. This IPv4
- address is the one used to tell clients and other servers where to
- find your Tor server; it doesn't affect the address that your server
- binds to. To bind to a different address, use the ORPort and
- OutboundBindAddress options.
+ The address of this server, or a fully qualified domain name of this server
+ that resolves to an address. You can leave this unset, and Tor will try to
+ guess your address. If a domain name is provided, Tor will attempt to
+ resolve it and use the underlying IPv4/IPv6 address as its publish address
+ (taking precedence over the ORPort configuration). The publish address is
+ the one used to tell clients and other servers where to find your Tor
+ server; it doesn't affect the address that your server binds to. To bind
+ to a different address, use the ORPort and OutboundBindAddress options.
[[AddressDisableIPv6]] **AddressDisableIPv6** **0**|**1**::
By default, Tor will attempt to find the IPv6 of the relay if there is no
