Am Freitag, 11. September 2009 01:43:09 schrieb Thiago PC: > Hi everybody. First of all, sorry if it has already been explained, > I'm new here. > I would like to know how to change the circuit that Tor is using (like > the option "Use a New Identity" at Vidalia control panel). But I want > to make this only using command line, running Linux. Is that possible? > > Thanks in advanced > Thiago
First you have to enable the control port in torrc: ControlPort 9051 HashedControlPassword $PASSWORDHASH The $PASSWORDHASH can be created with: tor --hash-password $PASSWORD Then do: echo "AUTHENTICATE \"$PASSWORD\"\r\nNEWNYM\r\nQUIT\r\n" | netcat localhost 9051