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CONFIG

Sample file can be found at /etc/torrc and /etc/torrc.sample.

SOCKS

To enable the socks5 proxy, uncomment the line: SOCKSPort 127.0.0.1:9050

USAGE

env

The variable http_proxy can be set as: http_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:9050 The variable is accepted by many programs, such as curl. Many programs have a proxy option.

SLACKWARE

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The package is available in SlackBuilds.

Permissions

# groupadd -g 220 tor
# useradd -u 220 -g 220 -c "The Onion Router" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false tor

Running

# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.tor
# /etc/rc.d/rc.tor start

Automatic start/stop

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.tor ]; then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.tor start
  fi

/etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown

if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.tor ]; then
    /etc/rc.d/rc.tor stop
  fi

TORSOCKS

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Some programs may not accept a socks5 proxy, torsocks can be used for those cases.

Enable for shell

$ . torsocks on
Tor mode activated. Every command will be torified for this shell.
$ . torsocks off
Tor mode deactivated. Command will NOT go through Tor anymore.

COMPATIBILITY

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The following programs have been tested using the socks5 proxy:

program	\| http	\| https	\| torsocks	\| command line argument
curl	\| yes	\| yes	\| no	\| `--socks5 IP[:PORT]`
wget	\| no socks5	\| no socks5	\| yes	\|
lynx	\| yes	\| yes	\| yes	\| `-socks5_proxy=IP[:PORT]`

curl can use the http_proxy and https_proxy variables with a socks5 proxy and will use the http_proxy for https if needed. Additionally, it has the argument --socks5 IP[:PORT] . It does not work through torsocks.

wget

wget can use the http_proxy and https_proxy variables, but not with a socks5 proxy, it requires torsocks and does not have a command line argument to use socks5.

lynx

lynx can use the http_proxy and https_proxy variables with a socks5 proxy, but will only use the variable corresponding to the protocol in use, it will not use the http_proxy when accessing an HTTPS site. It also has a command line argument -socks5_proxy=IP[:PORT] and works with torsocks.