[tor-talk] ControlPort "read-only" access?

[Roger Dingledine]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:06:25AM +0200, tagnaq wrote:
> I'd like to give guys access to their Tor instance so they can view what
> their current used relays are at the moment (vidalia map), without
> giving them the possibility to actually issue commands that modify any
> settings.
> Looking through the manpage of Tor, I didn't spot something to do this.
> Is this possible?

Not currently. I would be happy to have a feature like this, if somebody
wanted to design and write it.

I fear there may be some parts of the control protocol where it's not
immediately clear what permissions a "read-only" user should have. So it
may be more work than we think. Or it may not.

--Roger