[tor-bugs] #25054 [- Select a component]: [feature request] Command line option to specify torrc options

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#25054: [feature request] Command line option to specify torrc options
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     Reporter:  yurivict271           |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  enhancement           |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                |   Keywords:
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 '''Problem''':
 In a FreeBSD port, it is needed to allow to start tor with user _tor.
 Currently, the package has to append ''"User _tor"'' during startup to the
 ''etc/tor/torrc'' that is generally edited by the user.

 While this works, automated updating ''etc/tor/torrc'' is ugly. It is ugly
 because it makes ''torrc'' different from the original ''@sample'' file,
 and because it is an error-prone process. User might delete/modify this
 line.

 '''Proposed solution''':
 Add ''--torrc-values {|-separated torrc values}.''
 This argument will be parsed and will initialize values that are normally
 set in the ''torrc'' file. The process' user (in my case the startup
 script) will supply ''--torrc-values "User _tor"'' which will nicely take
 effect in addition to what the user set in the ''torrc'' file.

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