From 71c62b15ca809105cbba0bf2fa86484793701b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:19:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update manpage for numentryguards / numdirectoryguards --- doc/tor.1.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index eb9ad6770a..779db61c29 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -1054,12 +1054,16 @@ The following options are useful only for clients (that is, if [[NumEntryGuards]] **NumEntryGuards** __NUM__:: If UseEntryGuards is set to 1, we will try to pick a total of NUM routers - as long-term entries for our circuits. (Default: 3) + as long-term entries for our circuits. If NUM is 0, we try to learn + the number from the NumEntryGuards consensus parameter, and default + to 3 if the consensus parameter isn't set. (Default: 0) [[NumDirectoryGuards]] **NumDirectoryGuards** __NUM__:: If UseEntryGuardsAsDirectoryGuards is enabled, we try to make sure we have at least NUM routers to use as directory guards. If this option - is set to 0, use the value from NumEntryGuards. (Default: 0) + is set to 0, use the value from the NumDirectoryGuards consensus + parameter, falling back to the value from NumEntryGuards if the + consensus parameter is 0 or isn't set. (Default: 0) [[GuardLifetime]] **GuardLifetime** __N__ **days**|**weeks**|**months**:: If nonzero, and UseEntryGuards is set, minimum time to keep a guard before