Lets start with: what OS and do you have root on this box? If it's, for instance, a debian based distro then that makes the setup a lot nicer.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM, William Wrightman < williamwright...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have a couple of questions about setting up a Tor relay. I've read > https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en and > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassmentand > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs > > Here is what I understand happens. Please correct me if the information > below is wrong or could be better managed. > > 1.Select an hosting company. After you have the OK from them then upload > the Tor tarball and untar it. I think that only Tor is needed when you are > operating as a relay (no need for the Vidalia GUI). So at this point Tor is > on the server of your hosting company. > > 2. Edit the torrc file with the appropriate exit policy. Obviously you > need to put the information in to make sure it is listed as an exit node so > it is entered into the directory. > > 3. I think I am right to say that you could then need to execute the Tor > binary. So if you have /home_directory_name/tor then you would presumably > need to SSH in and run the binary. > > Or would it be easier to setup a cron job so that the binary starts but > then stays on permanently? > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > >
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