[tor-bugs] #2308 [Vidalia]: Cannot use the vidalia tools if started the tor as service at boot

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#2308: Cannot use the vidalia tools if started the tor as service at boot
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  Reporter:  ladetor      |       Owner:  chiiph        
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened      
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:                
 Component:  Vidalia      |     Version:  Vidalia 0.2.10
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                
    Parent:               |  
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Comment(by atagar):

 Why not just have Vidalia attempt cookie authentication and no-auth when
 the password attempt fails? The control port provides the location of the
 cookie file when you query PROTOCOLINFO (when 'AUTH METHODS=COOKIE'
 there's a 'COOKIEFILE="/path/to/cookie" entry). This is fetched by TorCtl
 at:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/pytorctl.git/blob/HEAD:/TorCtl.py#l575

 The only times that Vidalia should fail to connect is when (a) the
 existing Tor instance has a controller password that Vidalia doesn't know
 or (b) Vidalia doesn't have permissions to read the cookie file.

 Cheers! -Damian

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