Author: mttp Date: 2014-05-12 16:40:43 +0000 (Mon, 12 May 2014) New Revision: 26774

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml Log: Removed one FAQ entry.

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-05-09 14:13:40 UTC (rev 26773) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2014-05-12 16:40:43 UTC (rev 26774) @@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ <li><a href="#DoesntWork">Tor is running, but it's not working correctly.</a></li> <li><a href="#TorCrash">My Tor keeps crashing.</a></li> - <li><a href="#VidaliaPassword">Tor/Vidalia prompts for a password at - start.</a></li> <li><a href="#ChooseEntryExit">Can I control which nodes (or country) are used for entry/exit?</a></li> @@ -560,7 +558,7 @@ href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser</a>. This includes <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/">Firefox Extended Support Release</a>, and the NoScript and HTTPS-Everywhere - extensions. You will need to follow the licensefor those programs as + extensions. You will need to follow the license for those programs as well. Both of those Firefox extensions are distributed under the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>, while Firefox ESR is released under the Mozilla Public @@ -2031,64 +2029,6 @@

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-<a id="VidaliaPassword"></a> -<h3><a class="anchor" href="#VidaliaPassword">Tor/Vidalia prompts for a -password at start.</a></h3> - -<p> -Vidalia interacts with the Tor software via Tor's "control port". The -control port lets Vidalia receive status updates from Tor, request a new -identity, configure Tor's settings, etc. Each time Vidalia starts Tor, -Vidalia sets a random password for Tor's control port to prevent other -applications from also connecting to the control port and potentially -compromising your anonymity. -</p> - -<p> -Usually this process of generating and setting a random control password -happens in the background. There are three common situations, though, -where Vidalia may prompt you for a password: -</p> - -<ol> -<li>You're already running Vidalia and Tor. For example, this situation -can happen if you installed the Vidalia bundle and now you're trying to -run the Tor Browser Bundle. In that case, you'll need to close the old -Vidalia and Tor before you can run this one. -</li> -<li>Vidalia crashed, but left Tor running with the last known random -password. After you restart Vidalia, it generates a new random password, -but Vidalia can't talk to Tor, because the random passwords are -different. -<br /> -If the dialog that prompts you for a control password has a Reset -button, -you can click the button and Vidalia will restart Tor with a new random -control password. -<br /> -If you do not see a Reset button, or if Vidalia is unable to restart -Tor for you, you can still fix the problem manually. Simply go into your -process or task manager, and terminate the Tor process. Then use Vidalia -to restart Tor and all will work again. -</li> -<li>You had previously set Tor to run as a Windows NT service. When Tor -is set to -run as a service, it starts up when the system boots. If you configured -Tor to start as a service through Vidalia, a random password was set -and saved in Tor. When you reboot, Tor starts up and uses the random -password it saved. You login and start up Vidalia. Vidalia attempts to -talk to the already running Tor. Vidalia generates a random password, -but it is different than the saved password in the Tor service. -<br /> -You need to reconfigure Tor to not be a service. See the FAQ entry on -<a href="#NTservice">running Tor as a -Windows NT service</a> -for more information on how to remove the Tor service. -</li> -</ol> - - <hr> - <a id="ChooseEntryExit"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#ChooseEntryExit">Can I control which nodes (or country) are used for entry/exit?</a></h3>