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[or-cvs] clean up the server docs for ulimit -n



Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/home/arma/work/onion/cvs/tor/doc

Modified Files:
	TODO tor-doc-server.html 
Log Message:
clean up the server docs for ulimit -n


Index: TODO
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/TODO,v
retrieving revision 1.351
retrieving revision 1.352
diff -u -d -r1.351 -r1.352
--- TODO	10 Sep 2005 21:12:40 -0000	1.351
+++ TODO	13 Sep 2005 22:00:03 -0000	1.352
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 for 0.1.1.x:
 R - are dirservers auto-verifying duplicate nicknames?
-  - tor should auto-sort the recommended-versions strings 
+  o tor should auto-sort the recommended-versions strings 
     (with the new smartlist sort stuff maybe)
   - setconf SocksBindAddress kills tor if it fails to bind
 

Index: tor-doc-server.html
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor-doc-server.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- tor-doc-server.html	11 Sep 2005 22:29:29 -0000	1.8
+++ tor-doc-server.html	13 Sep 2005 22:00:03 -0000	1.9
@@ -268,12 +268,15 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number of open
-file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If you plan to be
-running a fast exit node, this is probably not enough. You should run
-"ulimit -n 8192" (as root) and then su to the user that will run Tor,
-or change your defaults (on Debian, add a line like "toruser hard nofile
-8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file).
+11. (Unix only.) Your operating system probably limits the number
+of open file descriptors per process to 1024 (or even less). If
+you plan to be running a fast exit node, this is probably not
+enough. On Linux, you should add a line like "toruser hard nofile
+8192" to your /etc/security/limits.conf file, where toruser is
+the user that runs the Tor process. If that doesn't work, see <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FileDescriptors";>this
+FAQ entry</a> for other suggested ways to run "ulimit -n 8192" before
+you launch Tor.
 </p>
 
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