[tor-commits] [tor/master] Document default value for Nickname

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Mon May 7 17:31:09 UTC 2018


commit 0c7740b7ded0eb26aca45a4b96d74a9293660edd
Author: Marcin Cieślak <saper at saper.info>
Date:   Sun Apr 29 13:00:32 2018 +0000

    Document default value for Nickname
---
 doc/tor.1.txt                       | 2 ++
 src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging | 2 +-
 src/config/torrc.sample.in          | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 34ec866b1..03a8734f7 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -2061,6 +2061,8 @@ is non-zero):
 [[Nickname]] **Nickname** __name__::
     Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19
     characters inclusive, and must contain only the characters [a-zA-Z0-9].
+    If not set, **Unnamed** will be used. Relays can always be uniquely identified
+    by their identity fingerprints.
 
 [[NumCPUs]] **NumCPUs** __num__::
     How many processes to use at once for decrypting onionskins and other
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
index 90f91e5cb..86429f117 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
+++ b/src/config/torrc.minimal.in-staging
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 ## A handle for your relay, so people don't have to refer to it by key.
 ## Nicknames must be between 1 and 19 characters inclusive, and must
 ## contain only the alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9). No unicode,
-## no emoji.
+## no emoji. If not set, "Unnamed" will be used.
 #Nickname ididnteditheconfig
 
 ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your
diff --git a/src/config/torrc.sample.in b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
index 4e183478e..72cca0be3 100644
--- a/src/config/torrc.sample.in
+++ b/src/config/torrc.sample.in
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 ## A handle for your relay, so people don't have to refer to it by key.
 ## Nicknames must be between 1 and 19 characters inclusive, and must
 ## contain only the characters [a-zA-Z0-9].
+## If not set, "Unnamed" will be used.
 #Nickname ididnteditheconfig
 
 ## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your





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