[tor-bugs] #3898 [Vidalia]: If CookieAuth and PasswordAuth are both offered, and cookie fails, fall back to password

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#3898: If CookieAuth and PasswordAuth are both offered, and cookie fails, fall
back to password
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 Reporter:  arma         |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:        
Component:  Vidalia      |        Version:        
 Keywords:               |         Parent:        
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:        
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Comment(by Sebastian):

 This is also a documentation issue in tor. The CookieAuthentication
 manpage entry is poorly written:
 {{{
 If this option is set to 1, don’t allow any connections on the control
 port except when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named
 "control_auth_cookie", which Tor will create in its data directory.
 }}}

 This sure sounds like if you set CookieAuthentication 1, the controller
 can't use passwords anymore (which seems to be inaccurate, from a quick
 glance at the code)

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