[tor-bugs] #15649 [general]: [feature suggestion] Tor control protocol should listen on privileged UNIX domain socket and allow an unauthenticated administration there

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#15649: [feature suggestion] Tor control protocol should listen on privileged UNIX
domain socket and allow an unauthenticated administration there
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     Reporter:  yurivict271  |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  general      |    Version:
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Comment (by yurivict271):

 So in short it should work this way:
 * Same ControlPort protocol should be supported on the UNIX-domain socket
 (suggested name /tmp/tor/ctrl.<pid>)
 * This socket is always on, unlike 127.0.0.1:9100 which is optional
 * This socket reads user credentials of the connected users, and waives
 authentication for root. Otherwise authentication works the same.

 This modification would be great for tor integration with other systems,
 particularly services.

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