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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-09-19 12:14:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-09-19 12:14:07 -0400 |
| commit | 0c807cf3e48cca5f4f93e8b1082bd62f2978cba4 (patch) | |
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| parent | ace95c525c55387d4f219043400c9821e41994bc (diff) | |
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Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 732a7790d..d53ff2e69 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS **DisableDebuggerAttachment** **0**|**1**:: If set to 1, Tor will attempt to prevent basic debugging attachment attempts - by other processes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they + by other processes. This may also keep Tor from generating core files if + it crashes. It has no impact for users who wish to attach if they have CAP_SYS_PTRACE or if they are root. We believe that this feature works on modern Gnu/Linux distributions, and that it may also work on *BSD systems (untested). Some modern Gnu/Linux systems such as Ubuntu have the |