[tor-bugs] #25054 [- Select a component]: [feature request] Command line option to specify torrc options

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#25054: [feature request] Command line option to specify torrc options
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 Reporter:  yurivict271           |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                |     Resolution:  worksforme
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:25054 yurivict271]:
 > '''Problem''':
 > In a FreeBSD port, it is needed to allow to start tor with user _tor.
 > Currently, the package has to append ''"User _tor"'' during startup to
 the ''etc/tor/torrc'' that is generally edited by the user.
 >
 > While this works, automated updating ''etc/tor/torrc'' is ugly. It is
 ugly because it makes ''torrc'' different from the original ''@sample''
 file, and because it is an error-prone process. User might delete/modify
 this line.

 Do you know about:
 --defaults-torrc


 > '''Proposed solution''':
 > Add ''--torrc-values {|-separated torrc values}.''
 > This argument will be parsed and will initialize values that are
 normally set in the ''torrc'' file. The process' user (in my case the
 startup script) will supply ''--torrc-values "User _tor"'' which will
 nicely take effect in addition to what the user set in the ''torrc'' file.


 You can already put every torrc option as a cli parameter (--User), but I
 hope you are not going to
 hardcode any parameters since this will break existing configs.

 Please re-open if this does not work for you.

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