From 2bb2ef52cda6e411d8de63709844c6b794b2a09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:12:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] try harder to guess directory names that will work

svn:r4658
---
 doc/tor-hidden-service.html | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tor-hidden-service.html b/doc/tor-hidden-service.html
index f25dee52e7..3dacc0d7e3 100644
--- a/doc/tor-hidden-service.html
+++ b/doc/tor-hidden-service.html
@@ -124,9 +124,15 @@ HiddenServicePort 80 www.google.com:80
 </pre>
 
 <p>You're going to want to change the HiddenServiceDir line, so it
-points to an actual directory that you have read/write access to. Fill
-in your own username in place of "username". For
-example, in Windows you might pick:</p>
+points to an actual directory that is readable/writeable by the user that
+will be running Tor. For example, if you're using the OS X Tor package,
+you might pick:</p>
+<pre>
+HiddenServiceDir /Library/Tor/var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
+HiddenServicePort 80 www.google.com:80
+</pre>
+<p>On Unix, try "/home/username/hidserv/" and fill in your own username
+in place of "username". On Windows you might pick:</p>
 <pre>
 HiddenServiceDir C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\hidden_service\
 HiddenServicePort 80 www.google.com:80