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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-12-10 22:17:02 +0000
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2008-12-10 22:17:02 +0000
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Add new internal-use-only option for controllers to use to prevent SIGHUP from reloading the configuration. Fixes bug 856.
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As HashedControlPassword, but is not saved to the torrc file by
SAVECONF. Added in Tor 0.2.0.20-rc.
+ __ReloadTorrcOnSIGHUP
+
+ If this option is true (the default), we reload the torrc from disk
+ every time we get a SIGHUP (from the controller or via a signal).
+ Otherwise, we don't. This option exists so that controllers can keep
+ their options from getting overwritten when a user sends Tor a HUP for
+ some other reason (for example, to rotate the logs).
+
+ (Boolean. Default: "1")
+
5.5. Phases from the Bootstrap status event.
This section describes the various bootstrap phases currently reported