[tor-commits] [tor/maint-0.2.2] Update "ClientOnly" man page entry

arma at torproject.org arma at torproject.org
Thu Feb 2 07:32:21 UTC 2012


commit 688903e919a4c0b942893d7b507a851e57e4e452
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Feb 2 02:31:28 2012 -0500

    Update "ClientOnly" man page entry
    
    There isn't really any point to messing with it. Resolves ticket 5005.
---
 changes/bug5005 |    3 +++
 doc/tor.1.txt   |   11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug5005 b/changes/bug5005
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04d8dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug5005
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes:
+    - Update "ClientOnly" man page entry to explain that there isn't
+      really any point to messing with it. Resolves ticket 5005.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 558b31b..160feb0 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -499,11 +499,12 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if
     number like 60. (Default: 0)
 
 **ClientOnly** **0**|**1**::
-    If set to 1, Tor will under no circumstances run as a server or serve
-    directory requests. The default is to run as a client unless ORPort is
-    configured. (Usually, you don't need to set this; Tor is pretty smart at
-    figuring out whether you are reliable and high-bandwidth enough to be a
-    useful server.) (Default: 0)
+    If set to 1, Tor will under no circumstances run as a relay or serve
+    directory requests. This config option is mostly meaningless: we
+    added it back when we were considering having Tor clients auto-promote
+    themselves to being relays if they were stable and fast enough. The
+    current behavior is simply that Tor is a client unless ORPort or
+    DirPort are configured. (Default: 0)
 
 **ExcludeNodes** __node__,__node__,__...__::
     A list of identity fingerprints, nicknames, country codes and address



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