[tor-bugs] #15649 [general]: [feature suggestion] Tor control protocol should listen on privileged UNIX domain socket and allow an unauthenticated administration there

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#15649: [feature suggestion] Tor control protocol should listen on privileged UNIX
domain socket and allow an unauthenticated administration there
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     Reporter:  yurivict271  |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  general      |    Version:
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Comment (by yurivict271):

 Cookie authentication requires this line in torrc:
 CookieAuthentication 1

 Imagine this: package manager installs tor package (by default with no
 cookie authentication in torrc), then my service package. Then services
 are started automatically, how can my service change config?
 CookieAuthentication is not set, and I have to write torrc again.

 So cookie authentication is not the same.

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