<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">ok thats perfekt.<div>so the tor process are starting with root, and when tor is running then is tor switching to the tor user _tor ?!</div><div>is this correct ?<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">regards Steffen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TorGate</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">torgate(at)<a href="http://linux-hus.dk/" class="">linux-hus.dk</a></span></div></div><div><br>Am 14.02.2018 um 18:33 schrieb George <<a href="mailto:george@queair.net">george@queair.net</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>TorGate:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>is this a god ide tor running as root ?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>It doesn't run as root. root starts the daemon, then switches over to</span><br><span>unprivileged/nologin _tor user.</span><br><span></span><br><span>g</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>34A6 0A1F F8EF B465 866F F0C5 5D92 1FD1 ECF6 1682</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>tor-relays mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>