[tor-bugs] #12948 [Tor]: TBB Linux 4.0-Alpha-1 HashedControlPassword not working

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#12948: TBB Linux 4.0-Alpha-1 HashedControlPassword not working
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     Reporter:  vis15    |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  accepted
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  TBB, Linux, HashedControlPassword,
Actual Points:           |  Alpha
       Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:8 arma]:
 > (We put the {{{__HashedControlSessionPassword}}} hack in specifically
 for Vidalia, when it was in just this situation: see bug #586.
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 > The goal is that you can specify a long-term hashedcontrolpassword in
 your torrc yourself, and also Vidalia or TorLauncher or whatever your
 controller is can generate one on the fly for that session, without
 worrying about clobbering the one you set. But it looks like we've lost
 this behavior in 0.2.5.x.)

 Ok. We don't want Tor Launcher's password saved in the torrc. But we also
 want it to be used in addition to any HashedControlPasswords in the torrc.

 Is +_HashedControlSessionPassword what we want then?

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