faq: improved torrc/datadir section ; several housekeeping tasks
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  - linked first occurrence of torrc in every answer to #torrc
  - replaced absolute links to torproject.org with relative ones
  - added TODO to questions in html comments
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     <ul>
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     <li><a href="#torrc">I'm supposed to "edit my torrc". What does
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     that mean?</a></li>
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+    <li><a href="#datadir">Where's tor's data directory?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#Logs">How do I set up logging, or see Tor's
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     logs?</a></li>
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     <li><a href="#LogLevel">What log level should I use?</a></li>
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     idea. Tor Browser aims to provide sufficient privacy that additional add-ons
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     to stop ads and trackers are not necessary. Using add-ons like these may
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     cause some sites to break, which
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-    <a href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#philosophy">
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+    <a href="/projects/torbrowser/design/#philosophy">
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     we don't want to do</a>. Additionally, maintaining a list of "bad" sites
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     that should be black-listed provides another opportunity to uniquely
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     fingerprint users.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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-    First (best option), if you're on Linux, you can install the system
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-    Tor package (e.g. apt-get install tor) and then set it up to be a relay
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-    (<a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian">
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-    instructions</a>). You can then use TBB independent of that.
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+    First (best option), if you're on Linux, you can install the
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+    <a href="<page download/download-unix>">system Tor package</a>
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+    (e.g. apt-get install tor) and then set it up to be a relay
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+    (<a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian">instructions</a>).
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+    You can then use TBB independent of that.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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-    Second (complex option), you can edit your torrc file (in Data/Tor/torrc)
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+    Second (complex option), you can edit your <a href="#torrc">torrc file</a>
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     directly to add the following lines:
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     </p>
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     README file</a> for the build instructions.
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     There is also some informations in the
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     <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorBrowser/Hacking">
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-    Tor Browser Hacking Guide</a>.
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+    Tor Browser Hacking Guide</a>. Also see our
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+    <a href="<page docs/verifying-signatures>">fingerprint verification guide</a>.
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     </p>
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     <hr>
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     <a id="AdvancedTorUsage"></a>
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     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#AdvancedTorUsage">Advanced Tor usage:</a></h2>
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-    <a id="torrc"></a>
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+    <a id="torrc"></a><a id="datadir"></a>
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     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#torrc">I'm supposed to "edit my torrc".
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-    What does that mean?</a></h3>
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+    What does that mean? Where's tor's data directory?</a></h3>
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     <p>
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     Tor uses a text file called torrc that contains configuration
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     </p>
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     <p>
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-    If you installed Tor Browser on Windows or Linux, look for
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-    <code>Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc</code> inside your Tor Browser
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-    directory.
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-    If you're on macOS, the torrc is in
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+    If you installed Tor Browser on Windows or Linux, torrc is in the data
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+    directory, which is <code>Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor</code> inside your
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+    Tor Browser directory. For the tor service on Windows see
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+    <a href="#NTService">Windows NT</a>.
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+    </p>
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+    <p>
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+    If you're on macOS, the torrc is in the data directory at
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     <code>~/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor</code>.
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     To get to it, press cmd-shift-g while in Finder and copy/paste that
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     directory into the box that appears.
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     </p>
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     <p>
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-    Otherwise, if you are using Tor without Tor Browser, it looks for the
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-    torrc file in <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor
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-    from source, and <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code>
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-    if you installed a pre-built package.
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+    Otherwise, if you are using Tor without Tor Browser, it looks for torrc at
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+    differentt possible locations:
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     </p>
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+    <ul>
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+    <li>
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+    <code>/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc</code> if you compiled tor from source
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+    </li>
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+    <li>
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+    <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> or <code>/etc/torrc</code> if you installed a
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+    pre-built package. The data directory usually is
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+    <code>/var/lib/tor/</code>, if not defined otherwise with
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+    <code>DataDirectory</code> in torrc.
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+    </li>
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+    <li><code>$HOME/.torrc</code>: fallback location if above file is not found.
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+    </li>
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+    <li>
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+    You can define a different location for torrc with <code>-f FILE</code> and
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+    set another data directory with <code>--DataDirectory DIR</code> as options
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+    to tor.
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+    </li>
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     <p>
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-    Once you've created or changed your torrc file, you will need to restart
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-    tor for the changes to take effect. (For advanced users, note that
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-    you actually only need to send Tor a HUP signal, not actually restart it.)
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+    Once you've created or changed your torrc file, you will need to restart or
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+    reload tor for the changes to take effect. On Debian use
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     <p>
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       <li>On OS X, Debian, Red Hat, etc, the logs are in /var/log/tor/
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       </li>
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       <li>On Windows, there are no default log files currently. If you enable
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-      logs in your torrc file, they default to <code>\username\Application
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+      logs in your <a href="#torrc">torrc</a> file, they default to <code>\username\Application
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       Data\tor\log\</code> or <code>\Application Data\tor\log\</code>
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       </li>
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       <li>If you compiled Tor from source, by default your Tor logs to
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     If you don't find any good hints, you should consider running Tor in the
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     foreground (from a shell) so you can see how it dies. Warning: if you
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     switch to running Tor in the foreground, you might start using a different
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-    torrc file, with a different default Data Directory; see the
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+    <a href="#torrc">torrc</a> file, with a different default Data Directory; see the
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     <a href="#UpgradeOrMove">relay-upgrade FAQ entry</a>
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     for details.
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     </li>
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     <p>
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     Yes. You can set preferred entry and exit nodes as well as
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     inform Tor which nodes you do not want to use.
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-    href="#torrc">"torrc"</a> or specified on the command line:
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     </p>
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     <dl>
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       <dt><tt>EntryNodes $fingerprint,$fingerprint,...</tt></dt>
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     If your firewall works by blocking ports, then you can tell Tor to only
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     use the ports when you start your Tor Browser. Or you can add the ports
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     that your firewall permits by adding "FascistFirewall 1" to your
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-    <a href="<page docs/faq>#torrc">torrc configuration file</a>.
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     By default, when you set this Tor assumes that your firewall allows only
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     port 80 and port 443 (HTTP and HTTPS respectively). You can select a
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     different set of ports with the FirewallPorts torrc option.
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     ports?</a></h3>
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     <p>
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     The default open ports are listed below but keep in mind that, any port or
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-    ports can be opened by the relay operator by configuring it in torrc or
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-    modifying the source code. But the default according to src/or/policies.c
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-    from the source code release tor-0.2.4.16-rc is:
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+    ports can be opened by the relay operator by configuring it in
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+    <!-- TODO should we update this? -->
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     </p>
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     <pre>
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   reject 0.0.0.0/8
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     with tor-resolve, then pass the IPs to your applications, you'll be fine.
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     (Tor will still give the warning, but now you know what it means.) </li>
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     See the Torify HOWTO for info on how to run particular applications
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     By default, your Tor client only listens for applications that
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     connect from localhost. Connections from other computers are
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     SocksListenAddress 0.0.0.0 and then restart (or hup) Tor. If you
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     want to get more advanced, you can configure your Tor client on a
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     firewall to bind to your internal IP but not your external IP.
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      key all around.
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     according to the following examples:
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     using a dynamic IP address?</a></h3>
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     tool for configuring, controlling and running tests on a
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     later) installed on your system. You can use Chutney to create a testing
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