commit 0c807cf3e48cca5f4f93e8b1082bd62f2978cba4 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Thu Sep 19 12:14:07 2013 -0400

Document that disabledebuggerattachment prevents cores --- doc/tor.1.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 732a779..d53ff2e 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