[tor-commits] [webwml/staging] tor doesn't "install" or "put" the torrc file

sebastian at torproject.org sebastian at torproject.org
Fri Nov 18 13:05:16 UTC 2016


commit ff56397380b77b9d4e0e22d67dbb1324a6bd0d91
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 24 01:09:27 2016 -0400

    tor doesn't "install" or "put" the torrc file
    
    humans (or packages) do.
---
 docs/en/faq.wml | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml
index c238ca6..abf47de 100644
--- a/docs/en/faq.wml
+++ b/docs/en/faq.wml
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ href="http://www.crowdstrike.com/community-tools/index.html#tool-79">proposed
 What does that mean?</a></h3>
 
 <p>
-Tor installs a text file called torrc that contains configuration
+Tor uses a text file called torrc that contains configuration
 instructions for how your Tor program should behave. The default
 configuration should work fine for most Tor users.
 </p>
@@ -1536,11 +1536,11 @@ and select "Show Package Contents" before the Tor Browser directories become
 visible.
 </p>
 <p>
-Tor puts the torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> if you installed a pre-built package.</p>
+Tor looks for the torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> if you installed a pre-built package.</p>
 
 <p>
-Once you've changed your torrc, you will need to restart tor for the
-changes to take effect. (For advanced users, note that
+Once you've created or changed your torrc file, you will need to restart
+tor for the changes to take effect. (For advanced users, note that
 you actually only need to send Tor a HUP signal, not actually restart
 it.)
 </p>





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