[tor-relays] rm /var/lib/tor/keys/* before changing exit policy?

[irregulator at riseup.net]

On 10/21/2013 01:52 PM, Martin Kepplinger wrote:
> Lunar:
>> Martin Kepplinger:
>>> Really quick not too important question. When switching a relay to
>>> become an exit node or the other way round, does it make sense to delete
>>> /var/lib/tor/keys/* beforehand and start it over this way?
>>
>> Why would you want to do that? Updates to a relay's exit policy are
>> spread to clients through the consensus and can be done at any moments.
>>
> Because, say, i change from guard to (possible) exit. it maybe stays an
> entry node for those who "have" it and doesn't serve as an exit as much
> as it could. The tor net is probably more in need of exits that guards.
> And I don't know if similar mechanisms exist in a non-guard case. It's
> just speculation.

A relay may serve both as guard and as exit. There is no problem with
that. Just update your exit policy in torrc and restart tor (or send a
SIGHUP signal to tor process).