[tor-bugs] #2083 [Vidalia]: Allow configuration of all torrc options via Vidalia

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#2083: Allow configuration of all torrc options via Vidalia
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 Reporter:  chiiph       |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:     
Component:  Vidalia      |     Version:     
 Keywords:               |      Parent:     
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 This is a reference to https://trac.vidalia-project.net/ticket/76

 Attached is a patch to give Vidalia basic torrc "online" editing and
 saving. The details of how it's done can be found in the documentation of
 the code itself.

 Regarding phobos commentary:
 "I had a thought about fixing this. What if we created a _vidalia user and
 _vidalia group? The bundle could then see if Tor is already installed, and
 change /Library/Tor/torrc to chown root:_vidalia with chmod 664
 permissions. This way vidalia gui client can write to the config file."

 This can be possible if the user running Vidalia also belongs to the
 Vidalia group, just like packages like lighttpd run in Gentoo. And this
 way Tor can be used as a regular service in Linux.
 I guess this is more on the package maintainer side, than on the
 development side.

 Anyway, I'd really appreciate comments and critics on this patch.

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