Does tor relaying work without onion running

[Geoff Down]

On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:51 +0300, "arygroup at gmail.com"
<arygroup at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/10 13:45, tor_ml wrote:
> > On 09/06/2010 12:00 PM, arygroup at gmail.com wrote:
> >> I ran onion from root and configured it for relaying. It was ok, there
> >> was an onion icon in system tray. Then I rebooted. Onion is not loaded,
> >> I wonder if I have to run it manually for tor relaying each time (or set
> >> autostart somehow, I'm newbie with linux), or that configuration I did
> >> before via onion is enough.
> > 
> > If it is a server withouth X I would simply install tor and make sure it
> > gets started at boot time. via /etc/rcX.d/
> 
> Tor starts at boot time.
> 
> > But I suppose you are speaking of a single user desktop environment
> > using Tor+Polipo+Vidalia (systray icon you mentioned).
> 
> Yes, sorry. I called Vidalia "onion" by mistake.
> 
> > In this case you might start vidalia automatically after you login.
> > 
> > You can tell Vidalia to start tor and polipo.
> 
> But tor itself is started at boot time. As well as polipo. My question
> is if I have to start manually/at boot time Vidalia to start relaying,
> or is that done by starting tor daemon?
> 

If the torrc file that is used at boot time (or when starting from the
command line) is configured for relaying, then Tor will act as a relay
straight away (as well as a client).
GD

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