diff options
| author | George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net> | 2021-03-22 16:38:24 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | George Kadianakis <desnacked@riseup.net> | 2021-03-22 16:38:34 +0200 |
| commit | ed7081ae2eab64482eaa432836a6c6b58aebece2 (patch) | |
| tree | 878792067f2b4bc3ec4dcf7f4b661aa3641922d5 | |
| parent | 0229d5f81862e8ef6765c6e1e7e6cd78a5a2b4cc (diff) | |
| download | tor-ed7081ae2eab64482eaa432836a6c6b58aebece2.tar.gz tor-ed7081ae2eab64482eaa432836a6c6b58aebece2.zip | |
Improve the man page entry for Address.
Fixes bug #40296 .
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man/tor.1.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index a1552ef1aa..717c6f3d68 100644 --- 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 |