[tor-commits] [torspec/master] Document CookieAuthFile

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 6b6c7aa656e36ed67c7950b6ca7d367273b09697
Author: Robert Ransom <rransom.8774 at gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 20 08:49:16 2012 -0800

    Document CookieAuthFile
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 control-spec.txt |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/control-spec.txt b/control-spec.txt
index b9ee997..f583372 100644
--- a/control-spec.txt
+++ b/control-spec.txt
@@ -2101,9 +2101,11 @@
   trusts any local user that connects to the control port.  This is generally
   a poor idea.
 
-  If the 'CookieAuthentication' option is true, Tor writes a "magic cookie"
-  file named "control_auth_cookie" into its data directory.  To authenticate,
-  the controller must send the contents of this file, encoded in hexadecimal.
+  If the 'CookieAuthentication' option is true, Tor writes a "magic
+  cookie" file named "control_auth_cookie" into its data directory (or
+  to another file specified in the 'CookieAuthFile' option).  To
+  authenticate, the controller must send the contents of this file,
+  encoded in hexadecimal.
 
   If the 'HashedControlPassword' option is set, it must contain the salted
   hash of a secret password.  The salted hash is computed according to the