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Merge #14804: docs: Less confusing documentation for torpassword
6c6ee8a Less confusing documentation for `torpassword` (Chakib Benziane) Pull request description: Rebased & squashed #14609. > The current documentation leads the reader to think hash-password is an other option. This change is less confusing and make it clear how to use this option. Tree-SHA512: b94223715f1d28a8218e501117faa103d7cc791333e6d9a40e9253756070316d41de73e3b4593cd1fa9e1823fa8e8de4938cf0de89117a6e4649401d877e3477
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are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running Tor and
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the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On
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Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group,
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which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
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of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
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Tor configuration.
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which has the appropriate permissions.
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An alternative authentication method is the use
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of the `-torpassword=password` option. The `password` is the clear text form that
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was used when generating the hashed password for the `HashedControlPassword` option
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in the tor configuration file. The hashed password can be obtained with the command
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`tor --hash-password password` (read the tor manual for more details).
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## 4. Privacy recommendations
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