[tor-bugs] #4048 [Tor bundles/installation]: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next startup

Mon Sep 19 03:08:01 UTC 2011

#4048: If Tor leaves behind its port.conf file, Vidalia and Tor race at next
startup
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 Reporter:  arma                      |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
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   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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 If your Tor dies in an unclean way, its port.conf file stays around. Then
 the next time you run TBB, Vidalia says "is there a port.conf file? Why
 yes there is", and then reads it and uses the wrong ports.

 Some users, e.g. on OS X, have reported this happening in practice.

 Sometimes it works, since Tor writes a new one before Vidalia checks.

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