Tor-Vidalia communication

[Geoff Down]

On 13 Dec 2008, at 02:02, Jon wrote:

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> Geoff Down wrote:
>> Should I raise this as a bug at Flyspray? Vidalia can see relay
>> status etc, and shut down Tor without the password being entered.
>> They are both running as the same user however. GD On 8 Dec 2008,
>> at 12:26, Geoff Down wrote:
>>
>>> OSX10.3.9 , and yes, I was able to change identity, see the
>>> network map etc. GD On 8 Dec 2008, at 06:51, Jon wrote:
>>>
>> Geoff Down wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, previously, if I started Vidalia when Tor was already
>>>>>> running, I would be asked for the password. Has this
>>>>>> changed in 0.2.0.32 ? The torrc's I use for Vidalia or for
>>>>>> the command line are different (and therefore the passwords
>>>>>> are different).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GD
>>>>>>
>> What operating system, and is vidalia successfully communicating
>> with one instance or the other when you are *not* prompted for the
>> pass?
>>
>> Jon-
> It might do in the bug system yes, but I'm not actually sure if it
> goes into trac or flyspray actually.  I wanted to help localize it
> first.  Actually, I thought you were running two tor processes at the
> same time, and I was wondering which one it connected?
>
> Jon-
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No, just the one process, started at the command line. Then starting up 
Vidalia, it connects to that process and has control over it. It 
doesn't start a second copy. That was the behaviour before the change 
to 0.2.0.32 as well, but it did prompt for a password back then.
GD