Help users who try to use v2 client auth in v3 onions.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/feature/hs/hs_config.c b/src/feature/hs/hs_config.c
index 7424d7d3ce..3b6caaec6a 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs/hs_config.c
+++ b/src/feature/hs/hs_config.c
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@ config_has_invalid_options(const config_line_t *line_,
                             "version %" PRIu32 " of service in %s",
                  opt, service->config.version,
                  service->config.directory_path);
+
+        if (!strcasecmp(line->key, "HiddenServiceAuthorizeClient")) {
+          /* Special case this v2 option so that we can offer alternatives.
+           * If more such special cases appear, it would be good to
+           * generalize the exception mechanism here. */
+          log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "For v3 onion service client authorization, "
+                   "please read the 'CLIENT AUTHORIZATION' section in the "
+                   "manual.");
+        }
+
         ret = 1;
         /* Continue the loop so we can find all possible options. */
         continue;