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| author | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2018-08-28 16:12:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2018-08-28 16:12:01 -0400 |
| commit | 76843639e58d433e8860e336eff52497d0f1ec35 (patch) | |
| tree | e3029bbe1d73278a518a21a1ad4af11d9bad95d7 /doc | |
| parent | b26db5dddb659f76ed3eb51f786ea76f7a5d009d (diff) | |
| parent | 40d5b573a4b5ba1f06e0d842dde9e2a8e4dab5d0 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'teor/bug22747'
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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index e149a951c9..4f930c5291 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -303,8 +303,15 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS descriptors as the OS will allow (you can find this by "ulimit -H -n"). If this number is less than ConnLimit, then Tor will refuse to start. + + - You probably don't need to adjust this. It has no effect on Windows - since that platform lacks getrlimit(). (Default: 1000) + Tor relays need thousands of sockets, to connect to every other relay. + If you are running a private bridge, you can reduce the number of sockets + that Tor uses. For example, to limit Tor to 500 sockets, run + "ulimit -n 500" in a shell. Then start tor in the same shell, with + **ConnLimit 500**. You may also need to set **DisableOOSCheck 0**. + + + + Unless you have severely limited sockets, you probably don't need to + adjust **ConnLimit** itself. It has no effect on Windows, since that + platform lacks getrlimit(). (Default: 1000) [[DisableNetwork]] **DisableNetwork** **0**|**1**:: When this option is set, we don't listen for or accept any connections |