NAME
usewithtor - Shell wrapper to simplify the use of the torsocks(8)
library to transparently allow an application to use a SOCKS proxy.
SYNOPSIS
usewithtor [application [application’s arguments]]
DESCRIPTION
usewithtor is a wrapper between the torsocks library and the
application what you would like to run socksified.
OPTIONS
[application [application’s arguments]]
run the application as specified with the environment
(LD_PRELOAD) set such that torsocks(8) will transparently proxy
SOCKS connections in that program.
USEWITHTOR VERSUS TORSOCKS
usewithtor runs torsocks(1) with the default configuration file,
located at /etc/torsocks.conf. Running torsocks(1) directly means that
no configuration file will be used (unless you manually set the
TORSOCKS_CONF_FILE or TSOCKS_CONF_FILE environment variable), instead
torsocks(8) will use defaults that are sensible for most Tor
installations.
USEWITHTOR VERSUS TORIFY
usewithtor(1) and torify(1) intend to achieve the same ends for most
practical purposes. However torify(1) will use a default tsocks
installation if one exists. Usewithtor(1) will only ever use a
torsocks(8) installation.
SEE ALSO
torsocks.conf(5) torsocks(1) usewithtor(1)
AUTHOR
Robert Hogan (robert@roberthogan.net).This script is very similar to
torify(1), provided by the Tor project.