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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-03-17 12:10:43 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2017-03-17 12:10:43 -0400 |
| commit | 411736a13250586c03ca75a268a458a52ee731ae (patch) | |
| tree | f2c52ecacb0b9451012475798ce203c50a7f6398 | |
| parent | 58680d04299ab69ea99ee86c5f1a194f44fc1d12 (diff) | |
| download | tor-411736a13250586c03ca75a268a458a52ee731ae.tar.gz tor-411736a13250586c03ca75a268a458a52ee731ae.zip | |
21151: document datadir default decently.
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/data_dir_default_doc | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tor.1.txt | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changes/data_dir_default_doc b/changes/data_dir_default_doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6b49bb2a65 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/data_dir_default_doc @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation: + - Correct the documentation about the default DataDirectory value. + Closes ticket 21151. diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 2f8d7bdd09..568771a123 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS [[DataDirectory]] **DataDirectory** __DIR__:: Store working data in DIR. Can not be changed while tor is running. - (Default: @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor) + (Default: ~/.tor if your home directory is not /; otherwise, + @LOCALSTATEDIR@/lib/tor. On Windows, the default is + your ApplicationData folder.) [[DataDirectoryGroupReadable]] **DataDirectoryGroupReadable** **0**|**1**:: If this option is set to 0, don't allow the filesystem group to read the |