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Merge #14120: Notes about control port and read access to cookie

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fb97437efa added note that control port must be enabled and how to do that in torrc config file (Jordan Baczuk)

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  Reopened from #13681 because pushes made it unable to reopen.

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@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
Bitcoin Core has been updated to make use of this.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured),
Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
affect the number of available .onion nodes.
This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening (`-listen`), and
@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ and, if not disabled, configured using the `-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` sett
To show verbose debugging information, pass `-debug=tor`.
Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be
configured. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have write access
to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases, this is
configured. It also requires the control socket to be enabled, e.g. put `ControlPort 9051`
in `torrc` config file. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have read
access to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases this is
preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission problems
are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running Tor and
the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On