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Clarify documentation for running a tor node 

Previous wording suggested that no additional setup was required for a
tor hidden service to be created.
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Nathaniel Mahieu 8 years ago
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@ -98,17 +98,28 @@ Starting with Tor version 0.2.7.1 it is possible, through Tor's control socket
API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
Zcash has been updated to make use of this.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authorization is available),
Zcash automatically creates a hidden service to listen on, without
manual configuration. Zcash will also use Tor automatically to connect
to other .onion nodes if the control socket can be successfully opened. This
will positively affect the number of available .onion nodes and their usage.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured),
Zcash automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. Zcash will also use Tor
automatically to connect to other .onion nodes if the control socket can be
successfully opened. This will positively affect the number of available .onion
nodes and their usage.
This new feature is enabled by default if Zcash is listening, and
a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`,
`-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. To show verbose debugging
information, pass `-debug=tor`.
Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be
configured. For cookie authentication the user running zcashd must have write access
to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases this is
preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission problems
are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running tor and
the user running zcashd to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On
Debian-based systems the user running zcashd can be added to the debian-tor group,
which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
Tor configuration.
4. Connect to a Zcash hidden server
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