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authorRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2004-09-21 22:12:36 +0000
committerRoger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>2004-09-21 22:12:36 +0000
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@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ doesn't work for you.
Do you want to run a tor server?
We're looking for people with reasonably reliable Internet connections,
- that have at least 768kbit each way. Currently we don't use all of that,
+ that have at least 1Mbit each way. Currently we don't use all of that,
but we want it available for burst traffic.
+ (The Tor server doesn't need to be run as root, and doesn't need any
+ special system permissions or kernel mods. You should probably run it
+ as its own user though, especially if you run an identd service too.)
+
First, copy torrc.sample to torrc (by default it's in
/usr/local/etc/tor/), and edit the middle part. 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. Make sure name
- resolution works.
+ DataDirectory, and make sure it's owned by the uid/gid that will be
+ running tor. Fix your system clock so it's not too far off. Make sure
+ name resolution works.
Then run tor to generate keys. One of the files generated
in your DataDirectory is your 'fingerprint' file. Mail it to
@@ -35,10 +39,6 @@ Do you want to run a tor server?
if there's any problem. Also describe what kind of connectivity the new
server will have. If possible PGP sign your mail.
- NOTE: You won't be able to use tor as a client or server
- in this configuration until you've been added to the directory
- and can authenticate to the other nodes.
-
You may find the initscript in contrib/tor.sh useful if you
want to set up Tor to start at boot.