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enable-tor: No longer needs to be run as root.

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When run by not root, su's to root automatically.

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Joey Hess 2016-12-20 17:40:36 -04:00
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@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ git-annex enable-tor - enable tor hidden service
# SYNOPSIS
git annex enable-tor
sudo git annex enable-tor $(id -u)
# DESCRIPTION
This command enables a tor hidden service for git-annex.
It has to be run by root, since it modifies `/etc/tor/torrc`.
Pass it your user id number, as output by `id -u`
It modifies `/etc/tor/torrc` to register the hidden service. If run as a
normal user, it will try to use sudo/su/etc to get root access to modify
that file. If you run it as root, pass it your non-root user id number,
as output by `id -u`
After this command is run, `git annex remotedaemon` can be run to serve the
tor hidden service, and then `git-annex p2p --gen-address` can be run to

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ to accomplish this.
In each git-annex repository, run these commands:
sudo git annex enable-tor $(id -u)
git annex enable-tor
git annex remotedaemon
Now git-annex is running as a Tor hidden service, but