[tor-commits] [tor/master] In manpage, warn about combination of MyFamily and BridgeRelay being bad

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Tue Sep 4 15:09:00 UTC 2018


commit 5db6cf7cbd4761d7bef3b280af473ef5d9d14624
Author: rl1987 <rl1987 at sdf.lonestar.org>
Date:   Sun Sep 2 21:06:34 2018 +0300

    In manpage, warn about combination of MyFamily and BridgeRelay being bad
---
 doc/tor.1.txt | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index 7b6c21a74..37c97dc3f 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -1803,7 +1803,10 @@ is non-zero):
     Sets the relay to act as a "bridge" with respect to relaying connections
     from bridge users to the Tor network. It mainly causes Tor to publish a
     server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than
-    to the public directory authorities.
+    to the public directory authorities. +
+ +
+    Note: make sure that no MyFamily lines are present in your torrc when
+    relay is configured in bridge mode.
 
 [[BridgeDistribution]] **BridgeDistribution** __string__::
     If set along with BridgeRelay, Tor will include a new line in its
@@ -2060,7 +2063,10 @@ is non-zero):
     nickname: fingerprints are more reliable. +
  +
     If you run more than one relay, the MyFamily option on each relay
-    **must** list all other relays, as described above.
+    **must** list all other relays, as described above. +
+ +
+    Note: do not use MyFamily when configuring your Tor instance as a
+    brigde.
 
 [[Nickname]] **Nickname** __name__::
     Set the server's nickname to \'name'. Nicknames must be between 1 and 19





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